But his girlfriend, Zendaya - whom he met on the set of 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming (she plays his love interest, MJ) - did not. Holland’s brother, Harry, 24, tagged along to the New York premiere to lend emotional support. (It’s the long and twisty path to the “big revelation” at the center of the show - Danny’s diagnosis - that rubbed some critics the wrong way.) And Holland’s performance in Crowded Room - he plays Danny Sullivan, a psychologically distraught man accused of a shooting at Rockefeller Center - was widely singled out for praise. I try to have a healthy outlook on all that sort of stuff and respect everyone’s opinion.”Īs if he willed them into existence, more encouraging evaluations soon began ticking the Tomatometer back up. But right after bringing them up, Holland brightens: “There will be good ones. Initial reviews of The Crowded Room seemed no better.
But Cherry, a 2021 drama directed by the Russo brothers in which he played a strung-out heroin addict, drew a humdrum response. Uncharted, his first swing at a non-Spider-Man action franchise, was a win: The 2022 video game adaptation earned $400 million worldwide on a $120 million budget. But he knows that career longevity will ultimately hinge on every move he makes outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Meetings to determine the fate of his Peter Parker are in fact already underway.
He certainly still looks young enough to don the Spider-Man suit once again, perhaps even for another trilogy. And at 27, Holland is already a savvy veteran of the Hollywood game. He’s wearing loose-fitting jeans and a Moscot T-shirt featuring a vintage drawing of a man taking an eye test.Įvery star learns to take their knocks in stride. He is pale, lean - whatever the ideal body fat percentage is, he has it - and delicately handsome. He makes rock-solid eye contact whenever he wants to convey a point. Speaking to a journalist, he’s serious and a bit guarded. Most of his characters are American and voiced in milder tones. Holland speaks loudly and confidently and in a thick London accent - he grew up there and still calls it home. That’s a bad review.’ Sometimes there’s a redeeming quality in there. “Rolling over, looking up the reviews, and then all of a sudden I was like, ‘Wow. “It was a kick in the teeth,” Holland admits, unprompted, over eggs Benedict on the quiet terrace of a hotel in SoHo. Tom Holland THR Cover Photographed by Isaac Anthony
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