Antonio Banderas wants to pass the Zorro torch to Tom Holland

Antonio Banderas has hand-picked his choice for the next Zorro - his Uncharted co-star Tom Holland.

In The Mask of Zorro, the Spanish actor played Alejandro Murrieta, a young outlaw who is guided and trained to become the next Zorro by Don Diego de la Vega, played by Anthony Hopkins.

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The movie was a commercial and critical success and spawned a sequel, The Legend of Zorro.

When asked by ComicBook.com if he would return to the franchise, Banderas suggested he would be open to the idea of playing the mentor role this time around.

"Yes, I would, I would consider that possibility, why not?" he responded.

"If they called me to do Zorro, I would do what Anthony Hopkins did for me, which is to pass the torch."

Banderas then suggested Holland to play the young hero of the piece.

"I did Uncharted with him, and he's so energetic and fun," he added

"He's got this spark, too. Why not?"

A Zorro-Django crossover?

Banderas previously revealed that Quentin Tarantino approached him about an idea for a crossover between Django Unchained and The Mask of Zorro.

In 1998, Banderas starred in The Mask of Zorro, while Jamie Foxx starred in Django Unchained in 2012.

The former takes place in 1821, while the latter is in 1858, so the timelines could certainly come together if Banderas was to play an older version of his character Alejandro Murrieta.

Tarantino, it seems, is a fan of the Mask of Zorro movie as he spoke to Banderas about collaborating during a conversation at the Academy Awards.

"He talked to me, I think on the Oscar night when I was nominated for 'Pain and Glory'. We saw each other at one of those parties," the Spaniard told USA Today.

"He just came up to me and I was like, 'In your hands? Yeah, man!' Because Quentin just had that nature to do those types of movies and give them quality. Even if they are based on those types of B-movies of the 60s and 70s, he can take that material and do something really interesting.

"We've never worked together, but it would be great because of him, because of Jamie Foxx and because of (playing) Zorro again when he's a little bit older. It would be fantastic and funny and crazy."