The ‘Spider-Man’ actor is candid about his next big adaptation.
I will be completely honest. As a fan of both the Unknown video game series and actor Tom Holland (do you know, Spider-Man?), I do not think Tom Holland is a good fit as main character Nathan Drake in the upcoming Unknown movie processing. But I was willing to give the project a doubt, especially since the young status of Holland’s young vibes makes a little more sense in the universe. However, now that I have heard Holland talk to GQ about his performance choices as Nathan Drake, I feel all sorts of complicated feelings. Holland is very candid about his work in the film – and he’s downright worried that he’s made some important mistakes as an actor.
If there is talk of Unknown, edited by Ruben Fleischer (Poison) a co-starring role Mark Wahlberg as Drake’s mentor Victor “Sully” Sullivan, Holland talked about how his need to be seen as an action icon greater than himself inherent as an actor (as he calls it, “looks cool”) possible to poor creative decisions could lead to:
“Once you start worrying about ‘Do I look good in this survey?’ acting becomes something other than playing a character. I think there are elements of my performance in Uncharted where I fall under the spell: “I want to look good now. I want it to be my cool moment.” I had to play this very tough, very stoic man – basically be Mark Wahlberg. My character is supposed to be a fucking action hero right now! Look, I did not see it, so I do not know if I succeeded. But it was an important lesson learned, because sometimes it was less about landing a mark and going through this scene and more about landing a mark, standing like that and seeing my bulging biceps. .. It was a mistake and is something I will probably never do again. ‘
This is a fascinating bit of self-assessment of the young thespian! Holland not only decoded the pitfalls and pressures associated with directing an action film, but also read aloud that he himself had fallen into it. The reason I love him as much as Spider-Man is because it plays into his endearing vulnerability; that character is just a kid trying his best, and Holland gives it something we do not normally see in action theater. I do not want Holland to be Mark Wahlberg, ‘a fucking action hero’. But I’m also absolutely interested to see how he thinks he’s doing what looks – and whether his ‘mistakes’ will carry as much to the screen as he thinks he did.
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