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Published January 24, 2024, 7:30 PM ET
Sexy Spider-Man actor Tom Holland is definitely a household name – it's just a shame that his paycheck for his role as superhero/Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was sent to the wrong household.
Monday's episode of “Late Night With Seth Meyers” features British actor Tom Hollander, known for his starring roles in “Pride and Prejudice,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, “The White Lotus” and “The Night Manager.” is,” revealed the humiliating moment his agency mistakenly sent him an “Avengers” bonus that was intended for the 27-year-old, who is currently dating Zendaya.
“I was visiting my friend who was doing theater in England for £300 a week, you know, but he does great work, Chekhov, and I was sitting smugly in the audience, having just done a BBC show for 30 grand or something, which…You know, I'll get through the next year or so,” Hollander explained. “And I thought, 'Well, this is wonderful. I'm very wealthy, but my good friend Peter is doing this great play and I'm going to go and see him afterwards and patronize him a little and say how wonderful it was.'”
Tom Hollander attends the Los Angeles premiere of Aviron Pictures' “A Private War” at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on October 24, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Getty Images
The night went according to plan until the 56-year-old looked at his cell phone during the break.
“I thought I'd check my email and I got an email from the agency that said, 'Payment notice: Your first box office bonus for 'The Avengers,'” Hollander said. “And I thought, 'I don't think I'm in The Avengers.'
To make matters even more uncomfortable for Hollander, he realized that he was being paid peanuts compared to his younger colleague.
Tom Holland is definitely a household name – it's just a shame that his paycheck for his role as superhero/Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was sent to the wrong household. Getty Images
“It was an amazing amount of money,” Hollander marveled. “And it wasn’t his salary, it was his first box office bonus. Not the whole box office, but the first one.”
“And it was more money than ever before – it was a seven-figure sum,” he added. “He was 20 or something. So the feeling of complacency that you remember I felt in the first half disappeared very quickly.”
Hollander, who is currently pushing for Ryan Murphy's upcoming FX anthology drama “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” in which he plays Truman Capote, admitted that it has been “very difficult” to have a name in recent years, which is so close to Holland.
Tom Holland is expected to return to Marvel for a fourth Spider-Man film at some point in the future. ©Walt Disney Co./courtesy Everett / Everett Collection
“Of course I don’t really get confused with him, but I get confused with him all the time in non-visual contexts,” he said. “So when you talk to utility companies, they just ask, 'So what's your name?' And they say, “Tom Holland?” Because they heard “Tom Holland.” Tom Holland? I say, 'No, it's Tom Hollander.'”
Sometimes, he added, “I get to know someone's very, very excited, then confused, then disappointed children.” They say, “My kids are so excited to meet you.” And I say, 'Is that them? '“
He continued: “They come out and ask, 'Where is he?' Where is he?' And they say, 'No, no.'”
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