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Tom Holland’s work ethic praised

Tom Holland‘s work ethic has been commended by director Ruben Fleischer after the young actor worked on reshoots for both ‘Uncharted’ and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ at the same time.

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Tom, 25, had to work on reshoots for both ‘Uncharted’ and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ at the same time, but Fleischer assured that he was “relentless in his dedication” to both projects.

He said: “There was overlap between the two, but the credit goes to Tom Holland, who’s relentless in his commitment to the things he’s a part of. Whether it’s Spidey or us, he would never compromise. He wanted ‘Uncharted‘ to be great, and he gave everything he possibly could to the movie. It was he who [insisted on] making sure that ‘Uncharted’ be the best it possibly could be.”

Ruben also insisted he didn’t encourage Tom to bulk up for the movie, after the young actor admitted he felt inadequate next to co-star Mark Wahlberg.

He said: “I read the same thing that you did, so that was kind of news to me. He showed up looking so fit, and it was cool because you don’t think of Peter Parker that way. I think it was all a part of his process of wanting Nathan Drake to be his own character, distinct from Peter Parker and what Tom had been associated with prior to this movie. So whether it was wanting to match Mark or just simply create a different silhouette for his character from the one that you’re used to seeing, it was all part of his process in wanting to make Nathan Drake really distinctive.”

In the early days of playing Spider-Man, Tom’s suit provided him with one big “struggle”.

The British actor was 19 when he first landed the role of Spidey, and revealed that at the time he was too nervous to request toilet breaks on set.

On the first movie, I remember we were shooting this sequence on the Washington Monument, and I was in the suit for days at a time, sort of 11 hours [in a day].”

“I was young, and wanted to impress the studio,” Tom continued. “And didn’t want them to think I needed breaks.

“I remember calling my mum up on our daily phone calls, and I was like, ‘mum, I’m really struggling, I’m working every day, and because I wear the suit, I can’t go to the bathroom’.”

Tom then recalled that two days after the phone call, a producer approached him to ask about his kidneys, prompting a confused reaction from the star, only for the penny to drop when they revealed they’d received a phone call from a certain Mrs Holland.

“Yeah, so my mum called up the biggest studio in the world and was like, ’Give my son more toilet breaks!’,” he revealed.

Tom made his debut as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, and has since appeared in a total of six films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The most recent of these, Spider-Man: No Way Home, saw him sharing the screen with his predecessors in the role of Peter Parker, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire.

He also recently confirmed that he is in a relationship with his Spider-Man co-star, Zendaya.

Tom will next star in The Crowded Room (TV series) and Fred Astaire Biopic

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