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Tom Holland Called Sony Pictures Boss to Delay ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Filming So He Could Star in ‘The Odyssey’: ‘A Tough Pill to Swallow’ at First
Tom Holland revealed to GQ magazine as part of the publication’s summer cover story for “The Odyssey” that he had an “uncomfortable conversation” with Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman about delaying the production of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” so that he could film Christopher Nolan’s epic instead. When Nolan first offered him the role of […]
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According to Variety’s source item, Tom Holland Called Sony Pictures Boss to Delay ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Filming So He Could Star in ‘The Odyssey’: ‘A Tough Pill to Swallow’ at First, Tom Holland revealed to GQ magazine as part of the publication’s summer cover story for “The Odyssey” that he had an “uncomfortable conversation” with Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman about delaying the production of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” so that he could film Christopher Nolan’s epic instead. When Nolan first offered him the role of […]
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Primary source: Tom Holland Called Sony Pictures Boss to Delay ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Filming So He Could Star in ‘The Odyssey’: ‘A Tough Pill to Swallow’ at First via Variety. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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