of Screen Actors Guild For obvious reasons, it prevents two actors from having the same name. For example, that’s why we know Emily Stone as: emma stone. Actors with very similar names don’t have such problems, but as veteran performer Tom Hollander revealed, it can still cause confusion.
Dutch — His accomplishments include: king’s man, bird box, bohemian rhapsody, muppets most wanted, hannah, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, pride and prejudice, gosford park, night manager and white lotus— Next up on Ryan Murphy’s FX series Feud: Capote vs. Swans, in which he stars as Truman Capote. However, despite Hollander’s numerous accolades and appearances, he is not as famous as one young actor, another Englishman with a similar name. Tom Holland, Spider-Man of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
This has led to some strange confusion between the two, at least on paper, and “I’m always mistaken for him in non-physical contexts,” Hollander said. upon Late Night with Seth Meyers this weekthe children of utility companies and acquaintances jokingly tell how disappointed they were when they learned that they were meeting in the Netherlands and not in the Netherlands.Erm. However, one incident in particular stands out. It appears that Hollander accidentally transferred Holland’s large bonus. the avengers The film was a box office hit during the time when the two were in the same agency. Speaking with Myers, Hollander jokingly recalled the “horrible moment” when he realized he had made an accounting mistake. “I received an email from the agency saying “Payment Notice: First Box Office Bonus.” the avengers” Hollander said. “And I thought, ‘I don’t think I can participate.’ the avengers”
When Mr. Hollander saw the bonus itself, he literally understood what it was. Huge That was a mistake. “It was an amazing amount of money. And it wasn’t his salary, it was his first box office bonus. Not the entire box office gross, but… beginning One. And it was more money than I’d ever experienced before — it was a seven-figure amount…and he was 20 or so. ” he laughed. “But that’s showbiz!”
You can read the full interview with Mr. Hollander below.
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