“I was under a lot of pressure to finish the day’s work.”
Everyone needs some good advice every now and then — even Tom Holland.
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The Spider-Man: No Way Home star recently revealed in an interview with GQ that his MCU cohort Elizabeth Olsen had some sage words about dealing with pressure when it comes to being a big-time actor.
“She gave me an amazing piece of advice: ‘No’ is a full sentence …‘No’ is enough,” he explained.
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And her advice came in handy while he was on an international press tour for Spider-Man: Homecoming back in 2017 and he felt “really ill.”
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“I was under a lot of pressure to finish the day’s work,” he recalled. “That was the first time I was really like, ‘No, I’m done now. I’ve given you everything.’”
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And Olsen’s advice also came in handy when Holland was filming the final scene of No Way Home. (Don’t worry, there’s no spoilers here.)
“I kept stopping [the shoot] and being like, ‘I’m so sorry, I just don’t believe what I’m saying,’” he recalled, claiming that the result was him and director Jon Watts coming together to retool the dialogue.
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“[W]e pitched it to the writers,” Tom explained. “They rewrote it, and it works great.”
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Read the entire interview here.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/larryfitzmaurice/tom-holland-elizabeth-olsen-career-advice
