Tom Holland is heading back to the dance studio to prepare for his role in the Fred Astaire biopic.

The 30-year-old actor is currently promoting The Odyssey, the new Sir Christopher Nolan-directed epic fantasy film, but Tom will soon head off to prepare for his role as Fred Astaire, the legendary dancer and actor, in an upcoming biopic.

During an appearance on Good Morning America, Tom said: "I now feel like I'm starting this chapter where I can't quite get away with being a teenager anymore.

"For me, what I love about my job is the challenges. We have Fred Astaire next, which is what we're planning on doing. And as soon as I finish with these tours, I'm diving back into the dance studio."

Tom actually embarked on his first dance classes recently, and the actor has admitted to having mixed feelings about the experience.

Tom - who is married to fellow Hollywood star Zendaya - said: "I did my first few rehearsals recently, and it both filled me with excitement and absolute dread because I've got so much work to do to try and do Fred proud."

Tom is determined to shoot the biopic without relying on a dance double.

He said: "I have a desire to use no doubles, to do all of the dancing, to shoot those dances in one shot - how he would have done it."

Meanwhile, Tom recently opened up about his experience of filming The Odyssey, likening the shoot to a "re-enactment".

The actor stars alongside Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron in The Odyssey, and Tom has admitted to being amazed by the scale and ambition of the movie.

Speaking to Extra, Tom recalled: "I remember we were on the beach in Morocco and I kind of got to where the set was and, you know, the A.D. said, 'Just keep walking that way and eventually you will get to the crew,' and it felt like I walked for miles … It was like a boat, thousands of background actors, the Trojan horse, you know, fires, and all this sort of stuff but no crew. Like, I couldn't see anyone so I keep walking.

"Eventually, I start seeing radios and equipment and stuff … That's like the opposite experience to what being on a film set is like usually … It felt more like a re-enactment than it did like a film set."