Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Holland is clarifying recent remarks about taking a year-long acting break following the brutal filming of his Apple TV+ crime thriller series “The Crowded Room.” The “Spider-Man” star announced his acting break during an interview with “Extra” that hit online at the same time his new show was earning extremely negative reviews from television critics. Holland said on “Live With Kelly and Mark” that bad reviews had nothing to do with his decision to break from acting. The choice was made when “The Crowded Room” wrapped filming last year, meaning Holland is already months into his Hollywood hiatus. “It’s so funny. Obviously, ‘The Crowded Room’ came out. We didn’t have very favorable reviews,” Holland said. “So the press story was that I have taken this year off because of the reviews. But I’m eight months into my year off. I’ve been chilling at home in London, going to Grand Prixes, playing golf…”
Amanda Seyfried And Emmy Rossum Praise Tom Holland’s ‘Passion’ And ‘Energy’ On Set Of ‘The Crowded Room’: ‘He Helped Everybody Come Together’
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Tom Holland’s “infectious” energy on set of “The Crowded Room” helped bring the cast together.
While chatting with the actor’s co-stars Amanda Seyfried, who portrays the curious interrogator Rya Goodwin to Holland’s Danny Sullivan — a man who is arrested following his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979 — and Emmy Rossum, who plays Danny’s mother Candy, the actresses both agreed that Holland’s “passion” on set could definitely be felt.
Seyfried told ET Canada’s Morgan Hoffman that Holland, who not only stars in the thriller series but also serves as an executive producer, was “so enthusiastic” about the job.
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“I remember we all had this huge dinner after or before our table read, and he’s just like [how] he was in it. He was so happy to be finally, like, starting this because he had been on that journey — I think he’d been attached to [the project] for a while — And his energy about it was infectious. His investment in it really helped everybody come together,” the “Mamma Mia!” star, 37, said of Holland, 27.
“Then he had shot a lot of stuff and then finally when I came in to start working a couple of months into the shoot, it was just the two of us in this room for three weeks straight,” she recalled. “It was intense, but it was also kind of nice. It was kind of cozy in a way. We were dealing with incredible subject matter, but slowly. And the challenge was not to give anything away. It’s crazy.”
As for Rossum, 36, she “certainly” could feel Holland’s passion on set.
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The Crowded Room is a psychological mystery thriller starring Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried.Created by Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: Picard), the series follows Danny Sullivan (Holland) who is arrested for his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979. Following his arrest, his past is uncovered through a series of interviews by interrogator Rya Goodwin (Seyfried).The show’s supporting cast includes Sasha Lane, Will Chase, Lior Raz and Emmy Rossum, with guest appearances from Jason Isaacs, Emma Laird and Thomas Sadoski.The series is inspired by Daniel Keys’ non-fiction novel The Minds of Billy Milligan, who was the first person to be acquitted of a major crime in the US by pleading dissociative identity disorder.The series is available to stream on Apple TV+.
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