Emmy Rossum and Tom Holland in The Crowded Room.
Apple TV+Tom Holland was grateful for his prudence when dealing with stressful situations on the square Room full of people.
“There was a lot of animosity on that set,” Holland, 28, revealed during a set Men’s Health profile, which was published on Thursday, January 2. “It wasn’t a very harmonious place and there was a lot of arguing and butting heads.”
Holland’s decision to give up alcohol allowed him to navigate the drama. “I thought, ‘If I start drinking again now – with all this going on – it’s going to get worse, isn’t it?’
Room full of peoplewhich premiered in May 2022, was inspired by the 1981 nonfiction book The thoughts of Billy Milligan for the first person in US history to be acquitted of a major crime by pleading dissociative identity disorder. In addition to the Netherlands, the play playsd Amanda Seyfried, Sasha Lane, Will Chase, Lior Raz AND Emmy Rossum.
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While this is the first time he claims for Room full of people sets were up, Holland has previously discussed the emotional toll of playing the lead role.
“Learning about mental health and its power, and talking to psychiatrists about (the characters) Danny and Billy’s struggles, has been something that has been so informative for my life,” he said. Entertainment Weekly in May 2023. “I’m no stranger to the physical aspects of the job doing all the action film work. But the mental aspect, it really beat me and it took me a long time to recover afterwards, to come back to reality.”
Tom Holland in The Crowded Room.
Apple TV+Holland recalled struggling with the subject, adding: “I was seeing myself in him, but in my personal life. I remember having a meltdown at home and thinking, like, ‘I’m going to shave my head. I have to shave my head because I have to get rid of this character.’ And, of course, we were in the middle of filming, so I decided not to. … It was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.”
The actor has also been candid about his sobriety journey after realizing his alcohol addiction.
“Every Friday after work was a redemption. Let’s get drunk and have a good time. “I didn’t have bad experiences, but I would drink enough to break the next day,” he said Men’s Health on Thursday. “I am quite strong-willed. When I decide to do something, I really will do it. I relied heavily on relatives: family, friends, old colleagues, new colleagues, people who approached me that I didn’t know were also sober.”
Tom Holland in The Crowded Room.
Apple TV+Holland credited his lawyer for helping him, saying: “He gave me a really poignant piece of advice that got me through everything, which was, ‘You’re never going to wake up in the morning after a night out and wish you had a drink. ‘ That advice really rang true for me, because my problem was that I would have a drink and be fine, and then I would go too far.”
