Teifion Sussex from Somerset said he had always dreamed of playing the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man

For Teifion Sussex, playing Spider-Man was something he'd trained for his entire life. Using YouTube tutorials, he would spend his time in his Somerset home learning parkour and martial arts moves, in the hope he would be called into action one day. Fast forward to 2026, and the 36-year-old can be seen on the big screen in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, as the VFX, motion-captured double of the titular hero. He said he spent his childhood pulling the Spidey poses and shooting webs, and now being able to portray him is "the best feeling ever". Now living near Shepton Mallet, Sussex said his childhood was filled with "driving my parents nuts with my energy", and constantly "throwing myself over furniture and jumping on things". And it was this upbringing that led to him carving a path as voice actor and physical performer. So while Tom Holland, the actor behind the current incarnation of Spider-Man, was filming his scenes around the UK - including places like Dorchester Prison in Dorset - Sussex was locked on a sound stage, known as The Volume, throwing shapes to hundreds of cameras. "Everything was always under a code name," he said, adding: "You don't really 100% know you're working on something until you're actually there doing it."