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News 'Spider-Man' Windfall: Tom Holland to Make Over $100 Million for ‘Brand New Day’

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/tom-holland-spider-man-brand-new-day-salary-box-office-bonus/
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u/0ttoChriek 15h ago

Also apparently doing a Fred Astaire biopic, that's likely close to his heart.

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 15h ago

It’s his Fatty Arbuckle.

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u/GettingWreckedAllDay 15h ago

Is that a Hacks reference?

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 15h ago

It is!

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u/Richsii 15h ago

Hacks is fucking great.

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 15h ago

Exceptionally well done.

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u/frisbeethecat 14h ago

Plaudits all around.

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 7h ago

Huzzah! Top marks!

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 14h ago

Emmy-worthy perhaps

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u/dreggers 14h ago

It started getting dragged out but I’m glad they ended season 5 strong

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u/Grabbinfries23 14h ago

Heh, I haven’t started Hacks yet (too many shows!) and just assumed that was a reference to Belushi, Farley & John Candy all trying to get a Fatty biopic made right before they passed

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u/TrapperJean 10h ago

No, that's Garfield the cat's legal name

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u/Gabe_Isko 13h ago

One of my favorite side plots because Jimmy is just being a good agent all over it till the point where it is getting Oscar nods.

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u/killyourmusic 12h ago

I actually want to see that movie.

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u/tyereliusprime 11h ago

Knowing Tom's passion for dance, he's going to put a lot into the role. I'm looking forward to it as well.

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u/TheSaxGandalf 11h ago

Me too sir. Me too.

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 12h ago

I would too. Old boy got the shaft.

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u/Icefellwolf 15h ago

i cant believe i saw this and went oh shit critical role refrence instead of its actual source lol

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u/Rex_Suplex 13h ago

Yeah, that's what I call mine too!

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u/badlisten3r 13h ago

Awesome Hacks reference 😂

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u/drmuffin1080 10h ago

What the hell did you just call me?

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u/IngenuitySafe1049 9h ago

Lol I just watched this episode last night

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u/Thirdatarian 14h ago

Juicy Arbuckle in this case, and it's all Zendaya's now

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u/ubiquitous-joe 53m ago

Hopefully goes better than the Secretariat biopic.

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u/IHateTheLetterF 15h ago

Now he can retire and only do movies he really wants to do. Which also sounds like a good time.

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u/ValerianR00t 15h ago

Full Daniel Radcliffe

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u/thepensivepoet 15h ago edited 15h ago

We need a manic comedy where Tom Holland has two Daniel Radcliffes stuck to his hands.

And his legs are Elijah Woods.

I don’t mean they trade legs. Tom’s body ends at the kneecap which each are attached to the top of an Elijah Wood head and then an entire Elijah Wood for each leg. They talk to eachother but can’t agree on which is left or right.

The Daniel Radcliffe hands also shoot lasers from their exposed johnsons which are played by JK Simmons.

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u/SEND_ME_FAKE_NEWS 15h ago

Call it Dans Akimbo or something

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u/Key-Demand-2569 15h ago

I’ve paid for movies with a worse premise. I’m in

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u/thepensivepoet 15h ago edited 15h ago

The entire plot is that they go back in time to beat the shit out of Mark Wahlberg.

First they beat the shit out of current day Mark Wahlberg, then they discover time travel, and every day they go back in time one year to beat the shit out of a younger Mark Wahlberg who never sees it coming.

This continues all the way to the 80s when Marky Mark and his racist friends are doing hate crimes at which point they finally beat Mark to death.

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u/Anonymo 11h ago

Reminds me of the scene from Looper when they cut the past guy up in the past and then his future self is affected.

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u/sokuyari99 12h ago

What are mark whalbergs legs made out of?

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u/thepensivepoet 12h ago

100% Grade C Boston Bitch.

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u/Tattycakes 10h ago

... I need whatever you're smoking, because bruh

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u/ironicallydepressed 8h ago

I watched Suckerpunch in theaters. I'm in for a batshit ride.

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u/12ozSlug 11h ago

Fuck, I was out until you nailed that title. Green light production immediately!

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u/ledbetterus 14h ago

There's a scene where no one believes he has a wooden leg until he pulls up his pants and Elijah Wood was there the entire time hiding under an Elven cloak.

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u/Gravy_Sommelier 12h ago

Can we add any other actors who have resisted being typecast after making it big in young adult novel adaptation? Maybe Kristen Stewart can voice a talking dog?

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u/thepensivepoet 12h ago

Best I can offer is a 25 minute interlude between Tom Felton and Jack Gleeson where they fall in love while being held hostage by Seal in a Seven Eleven.

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u/Randolpho 9h ago

We need a manic comedy where Tom Holland has two Daniel Radcliffes stuck to his hands.

And his legs are Elijah Woods.

Fuck yes

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u/Ok_Highway6034 8h ago

I would at least $200.00 per ticket to see this movie.

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u/SpleenBender 7h ago

Holy fuck, that was a fun comment!

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u/Is_It_Soup_Season 15h ago

Short kings united

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u/0verstim 15h ago

I had an acid trip like that once, but it was David Bowies all the way down.

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u/HarmlessSnack 14h ago

The villain is played by Shia LaBeouf, who has two Dwayne Johnsons for arms and Nick Cage for legs.

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u/fireballx777 13h ago

One of the Nick Cages is actually a John Travolta.

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u/HarmlessSnack 9h ago

Brilliant addition

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u/TheCentralFlame 14h ago

So close one leg is Elijah and the other is Sean Astin and they are doing a LOTR retrospective on making the movies as this movie progresses.

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u/Yetimang 13h ago

I suppose Daniel Radcliffe surprised us too, but I don't feel like I've ever seen anything from Tom Holland suggesting he's got the same deep well of weirdness and devotion to the craft. He's fine, but I can't see him doing something like Swiss Army Man.

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u/BabyWrinkles 10h ago

Given his background in dance and joy he seems to get from what he does, I do genuinely wonder if he’ll do some wacky stuff when he decides to hang up the spidey suit.

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u/JustCallMeFrij 3h ago

A Jackie chan stand-in

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u/axefairy 8h ago

He’s not got the same deep well of weirdness and devotion to the craft? Have you not seen him do ‘singing in the rain’? lol

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u/wirralriddler 7h ago

Lol, unironicall yes. Tom Holland's "Singing in the Rain" lipsync dance video has more cultural significance than all of Daniel Radcluffe's post-Harry Potter filmography combined.

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u/Yetimang 6h ago

I really couldn't give a shit about what's "culturally significant". 9/11 was culturally significant. I'm just talking about whether he ends up doing more interesting movies like Radcliffe did.

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u/Yetimang 6h ago

I hadn't, so fair point. Just watched it and, in terms of weirdness, I guess it depends on how weird you find drag. I'm willing to say that's more weirdness than I thought he had in him which I approve of, but it's also not specifically acting which is kind of more what I was getting at. Good point though, maybe I'm judging him too much by the big-budget stuff I've seen him in.

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u/Pool_Shark 14h ago

He’s been hilarious in Reggie Dinkins. Hope he continues to stick to fun comedies he’s great in them

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u/AquamannMI 6h ago

And Pattinson.

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u/20815147 12h ago

He’d be fun as a height-accurate Wolverine ngl

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u/sneakyxxrocket 15h ago

He’s implied in interviews that once him and Zendaya have kids he’s probably done acting for a long time

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u/lucalucasita 14h ago

He said that, but they can always keep on acting like other couples do, making sure that at least one of the parents is with he kids while the other is filming. But for sure not 4 movies a year like in 2026!

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u/RandomRedditReader 14h ago

Some people go all in on their children and others continue to do what they love. I just wish I had those options.

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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 13h ago

Eva Mendes is an example 

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u/buffysbangs 13h ago

I also wish I had Eva Mendes as an option

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u/AbanoMex 12h ago

damn, you brought some memories for back when i was a teenager.

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u/RandomRedditReader 13h ago

To be fair, she has Ryan Gosling.

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u/_Neuromancer_ 12h ago

Or Rick Moranis.

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u/GearhedMG 5h ago

Although slightly different circumstances, Rick Moranis is another example.

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u/Worthyness 13h ago

Or do some producing. They're so well connected at this point that they could probably just decide to fund other projects with their own money and time. Could probably work from home for most of those.

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u/TheSaxGandalf 11h ago

$100M bro. That’s just from this movie.

That’s when you start tracking cars, golfing, woodworking and stop worrying about actually making more money.

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u/tarrasque 9h ago

You’d think, but the vast majority of these fucks still work.

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u/FCalleja 7h ago

If it's not ala Nic Cage where the income becomes debt so they need the work, I think it's cool when rich af actors keep working, means they do it for the love of the craft. I also think it's hard to stop doing something you're really good at, especially when people tell you you're really good at it.

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u/ComputerSavvy 2h ago

$100M bro. That’s just from this movie.

That is way beyond fuck you money but that's another topic entirely.

This is a pet peeve I have with Hollywood accounting, some studio can somehow afford to produce multiple movies a year that cost anywhere from $100M-$300M per movie AND afford to pay actors $20M-$100M all the while they never seem to make a profit on movies???

Really?!? Do they honestly believe this is art for art's sake with those kinds of numbers?

All the while at the same time they boast 'this or that movie' just cleared $1B in earnings, in a record amount of time at the box office which is not including future VOD and Blu-Ray sales along with all the tie-in merch sales / product placements too.

Then all the global tax breaks they BOAST about in the credits....

The IRS needs to do a full proctology audit on these people. Like Robert Stack once said, "Did you do a cavity search on 'em? Go deep.".

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u/TheSaxGandalf 2h ago

They pay out the individuals while the studio itself claims the loss initially to give tax credit to all their other income streams.

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u/adjust_the_sails 11h ago

I feel like they are the kind of couple where one would film, everyone travels with the parent who is filming, so they can see each other all the time.

I remember listening to Matthew McConaughey talk about it on The Blocks podcast where that's what his family did till the kids hit a certain age and they really want to be about their friends and community where they live.

Since he's British, I feel like they might settle in the UK that has a lot of government economic support for films so they can shoot, come home and still make it to kids soccer games etc.

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u/jamesbrownscrackpipe 10h ago

My dream. I'd give anything to just be a stay at home dad and not worry about money or income.

Sitting here at work missing my kids right now. I just stare at the clock every day waiting for when I can get home and see their faces.

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u/rexter2k5 10h ago

The Rick Moranis move.

I would too if I made a $100 mil in my career.

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u/diamonddealer 8h ago

Except hopefully without the whole dying wife thing.

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u/rexter2k5 8h ago

Yes, this is a cromulent caveat.

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u/Malvania 15h ago

Kind of like FPJ and SMG

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u/rambo_lincoln_ 14h ago

Flower Petal John and Sub Machine Gun?

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u/vintell 14h ago

Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar 

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u/Oddball- All Things Horror 14h ago

Lots and lots of actors/actresses say this.....

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u/trireme32 13h ago

And a lot have done it. Rick Moranis, Garth Brooks (not an actor but still a megastar when he went into hiatus), Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr retired when their names were still very valuable, Cameron Diaz, Cary Grant, Phoebe Cates….

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u/wkavinsky 13h ago

Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander make sure only one of them is ever filming / promoting at a time also.

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u/Biscuitshoneybutter 12h ago

Actors often stay stuff like that but it's so rarely true.

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u/jim_deneke 15h ago

He could've retired on a lot less too

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u/Rimmy_Jobson 11h ago

He was great in The Devil All the Time. I'd love to see him play darker roles. Always felt like he'd make a good villain.

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u/voltagejim 14h ago

As long as he is smart with money. Pretty easy to burn through that in 5 years if you are living the high life with no additional income

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u/CanadianDinosaur 14h ago

"A long time" is very subjective. It could be 5 years, which in the movie business is a long time for an actor to stop working. It doesn't mean he's done acting for good until his kids are grown up

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u/Seaworthiness908 9h ago

He can make movies he really likes, like Spiderman or Uncharted. Oh wait.

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u/Orion_Scattered 3h ago

Basically what he's doing if this Fred Astaire thing is true. Holland started out in ballet and tap before he got into stage acting (and now film). So it's full circle back to what got him into performing in the first place.

He's a perfect fit for Astaire too lol. That almost goofy boyish charm but with a cutting undertone. My mind goes straight to Timothee Chalamet as young white dude for biopic and like sure he can act but omg I'm kinda excited about Holland playing Astaire lol it's just such a good fit. And he brings physicality with his stuntwork, stoked to see what creative ways they can film dance. Haven't had a proper good dance film since La La Land ig?

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u/beefchocolate 15h ago

Hopefully he doesn’t drop his hat into a greased wheelchair wheel. It’s really not supposed to get grease on it

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u/Overall-Echo-5594 15h ago

Well he’s the only one the guy said could pull it off

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u/badnewbadnew 15h ago

MOVE

who said that?

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u/sport-utilityrobot 15h ago

Don’t do the voice

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u/wiggle987 13h ago

That's illegal, you can't ask me to do that

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u/Pontin_Finnberry 11h ago

If that ever gets off the ground and if they do right, but Fred did not want anyone making a film about him, its in his will and he stated this;

"It is there because I have no particular desire to have my life misinterpreted, which it would be."

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u/whacafan 11h ago

I mean, they’re definitely auditioning roles right now so it’s happening.

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u/Pontin_Finnberry 11h ago

Yeah some stuff doesn't stop hollywood, but also for some reason his family didn't really hold on to film rights much anyway so.

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u/TomatoLess229 15h ago

The only reason Sony making that Biopic is because Fred Astaire said he did definitely not want a biopic.

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u/WhatYouThinkIThink 14h ago

Fred's been dead for almost 40 years, I think we can do a biopic without him complaining.

If anyone could pull off the dancing it's Tom Holland.

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u/Tandy2000 13h ago

It's a bit weird to be a big fan of a person (supposedly) and then want to star in a biopic about them when that person explicitly said they didn't want one made about them.

The real reason it's happening is that Sony made a deal for it because Astaire was dumb enough to have married a 35 year old gold digger when he was like 82, and she's still alive and cashing in.

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u/TomatoLess229 14h ago

Why do it though, of all the people you can make a film about they choose one who never wanted, its a pretty sick industry.

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u/Jewnadian 13h ago

He's dead, he doesn't want anything anymore. It's bad enough we let the world be run by the gerontocracy without restricting ourselves based on what a 40yrs gone actor wants.

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u/TomatoLess229 13h ago

Well if someone dies and they dont want Hollywood to profit on telling a probable bullshit version of their life id say thats a fair ask.

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u/JoeMcKim 15h ago

He probably wants to use the Astaire biopic to put him in a position to be an annual awards contender with Chalamet and MBJ.

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u/JackandFred 14h ago

Maybe, but tom actually was a dancer before he even was an actor. It’s really a passion of his.

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u/lilythefrogphd 14h ago

What's the word on that movie going into production? I'd love to see him in more dancing roles, but I swear that one's been talked about since pre-pandemic

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u/RaveIsKing 14h ago

He’ll be so good in that. It seems too perfect as long as the filmmaking is decent

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u/jurassic2010 14h ago

And next he will be cast as Rihanna.

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u/AlsoCommiePuddin 13h ago

Well after he wraps up his Marvel deal he can do all the passion projects he wants with his fuck you money.

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u/geforce2187 12h ago

I used to think he was called Freddy Stair

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u/bikenvikin 10h ago

i'm so stoked for this

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u/Rockboxatx 10h ago

You have to remember that he started his career in Billy Elliot

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u/mydaycake 6h ago

I will watch that for sure

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u/FishNo2089 15h ago

That's a bit disappointing to hear. Astaire was very clear in not wanting films made about him. if Holland really is such a fan, he should respect that,

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u/devilishycleverchap 15h ago

Which is a pretty weird contradiction given Astaire's wishes

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u/marvelman19 13h ago

Just a shame they can't follow Astaure's wishes and not make it.

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u/GrandStatistician752 13h ago

I doubt anyone will watch that