British actor says his agency once accidentally sent him the Marvel star’s box office bonus.
The British actor Tom Hollander (“White Lotus”, “Pride and Prejudice”) is often confused with his colleague Tom Holland “Spider-Man”) – also British. Of course, this is due to the similarity of the name, rather than the not-so-similar appearance. Hollander is almost 30 years older than Holland. The two would therefore be more likely to be confused in a non-visual context.
Not always easy for the 56-year-old Hollander, as he reported during an appearance on the US show “Late Night with Seth Meyers”: “You know, I was here first,” joked the actor. Sometimes, however, the error works in his favor. For example, when he received the seven-figure film bonus from his younger colleague. Hollander and Holland shared a manager for a while.
“Amazing amount of money”
Hollander was in the theater at the time and checked his email inbox during the break. A pay stub with an “astonishing amount of money” caught his eye and was titled “The Avengers.” “I don’t think I’m going to be in ‘The Avengers’,” he thought to himself while reading it, Hollander said on the late-night show.
Tom Holland is the high earner with whom Hollander is often confused. IMAGO/Niviere David/ABACAPRESS.COM
“And it wasn’t his fee, it was his first box office bonus. Not the entire box office bonus, but the first one.” Holland received more money as a bonus than he ever received, Hollander reported. In major Hollywood films, it is common for the actors to not only receive a fee, but also bonus payments linked to the box office result.
Other mix-ups with the younger Briton were less pleasant. “I sometimes get introduced to someone’s very, very excited, then confused, then disappointed children,” the actor said. The children probably often believe that they are going to meet Spider-Man. He finds such situations “difficult”. (ed.)
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