In a humorous mix-up, Tom Hollander was mistaken for Spider-Man actor Tom Holland once and he had no reason to complain. The Pride & Prejudice actor disclosed the incident during his recent appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers when he was mistakenly issued a big Marvel bonus cheque in place of Tom Holland.
Tom Hollander was mistaken for Tom Holland
Tom Hollander stated, “I was here first.” But he’s tremendously renowned,” he said, recalling an incident in which his agency mistook him for Tom Holland via email and sent Holland’s box office bonus for one of the Avengers sequels to him.
Tom Hollander said, “People in the accounts department of my agency got confused. We were with the same agency briefly. And it was a terrible moment. I went to see my friend who was doing theater in England. … I sat smugly in the audience just having done a BBC show for $30,000 … the interval came and I checked my email and I got one from the agency saying, ‘Payment slip for first box office bonus for The Avengers.’”
When he received the email, he thought to himself that he hadn’t starred in any Avengers film but he continued to open it. As he opened, Tom Hollander said, “It was an astonishing amount of money. It was not his salary. It was his first box-office bonus. Not the whole box-office bonus, the first one. And it was more money than I’d ever [seen]. It was a seven-figure sum.”
Tom Hollander has been an active part of films. His latest role is in Ryan Murphy’s anthology drama series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, which is set to premiere on FX on January 31.