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Topics: Tom Holland, Sex and Relationships, Film and TV, Entertainment
Jess Battison
Topics: Tom Holland, Sex and Relationships, Film and TV, Entertainment
X-rated scenes in films can be hard to get right, but Tom Holland has received plenty of praise for his handling of a complex character's intimate scene.
Can the Spider-Man actor do any wrong? Well, not in the eyes of most of the world and particularly when it comes to a scene in an Apple TV psychological thriller miniseries.
Holland plays the role of Danny Sullivan in Apple TV's The Crowded Room, the series focusing on the events surrounding Danny's arrest for a shooting in New York City in 1979.
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While interviewed by an interrogator, played by Mamma Mia’s Amanda Seyfried, he reveals details about his dissociative identity disorder (DID).
One of Danny Sullivan’s other personalities is a woman, named Ariana, who has sex with a man in one of the episodes.
And Holland’s performance in the male sex scene has gone viral on social media, as he is praised for his handling of the complex character as he engages in a LGBTQ+ role.
Well, unfortunately the 28-year-old did face a smidge of negativity from a handful trolls, one writing: “Tom Gone Wrong #NotMySpiderMan,” meanwhile, others had his back, celebrating his ‘versatility’ and ‘brilliant acting’.
Another said: "It has no relation to him being Spider-man. Spider-man is Spider-man, Tom Holland playing gay man won't make Spider-Man gay. Benedict Cumberbatch played two gay character and I have never seen someone say 'not my Dr. Strange.''
A third wrote: “Tom Holland out here killing it as an actor tbh, love to see it.”
And someone else said: “That one scene of Tom Holland from The Crowded Room that’s going around is not what people think it is, if people actually watched the show they would know there’s a lot more to it psychologically.
"Ngl though it did catch me off guard.”
While others also noted Holland’s fellow Spider-Man actors, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, have played gay characters in the past.
A fan wrote: “The people posting 'not my spiderman' about tom holland because of his gay scene like… honey i have some news for you.”
Someone else wrote: "I find it so funny that people are mad at Tom Holland for being LGBT in the crowded room and seeing the others who Spider-Man are better for that reason, when Andrew Garfield is an extreme ally and played gay characters, and Toby McGuire is similar [sic]."
The actor was also an executive producer on The Crowded Room, which he ‘loved the learning curve’ of.
He told ExtraTV: “I’m no stranger to hard work, I’ve always lived by this idea that hard work is good work. I really enjoyed it but then again, the show did break me.
“There did come a time when I was sort of, ‘I need to have a break’. I disappeared. I went to Mexico for a week and had some time on a beach and lay low. And I’m now taking a year off, and that is a result of how difficult this show was.”
The Crowded Room is available to watch on Apple TV.