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

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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 Odysseus’ son Telemachus, both movies had identical production start dates.

“So I said to Chris, like, ‘Look, I want to do this movie, but if I’m going to do it, I’m going to have to call Sony and have a very uncomfortable conversation,’ ” Holland remembered, noting that Sony agreed to push the new “Spider-Man” movie out of respect for both himself and for Nolan.

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