Current:Home > MarketsActor Tom Hollander received 'astonishing' Marvel check meant for Tom Holland -BrightFutureFinance
Actor Tom Hollander received 'astonishing' Marvel check meant for Tom Holland
View
Date:2025-04-16 14:48:42
Having an extremely similar name to a Marvel star can lead to some costly mix-ups, as actor Tom Hollander learned firsthand.
The "White Lotus" star revealed on "Late Night With Seth Meyers" he once mistakenly received a large paycheck that was intended to go to Spider-Man actor Tom Holland. At the time, Hollander and Holland were with the same agency, and "people in the accounts department" confused them, he said.
"I got an email from the agency saying, 'Payment advice slip: Your first box office bonus for the 'Avengers,'" Hollander recalled. "And I thought, 'I don't think I'm in the 'Avengers.'"
The "Feud" actor was blown away by the "astonishing" size of the "seven-figure" paycheck, which he stressed wasn't even Holland's entire salary but simply his "first box office bonus" for the film.
In addition to his "Spider-Man" trilogy, Holland also starred in 2018's "Avengers: Infinity War" and 2019's "Avengers: Endgame," the latter of which is the second highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office.
Hollander joked it has been "very difficult" to have a similar name as the "enormously famous" Spider-Man star, which leads people to mistake him for Holland "all the time," at least in "non-visual" contexts like when he's talking on the phone with utility companies.
Tom Hollandtalks 'No Way Home,' FaceTiming Zendaya and his 'interesting life'
"Or I'm introduced to somebody's very, very excited, then confused, then disappointed children, who they go, 'My children are so excited to meet you,'" he said. "And I go, 'Are they, though?'"
When he mistakenly received the "Avengers" bonus check, Hollander said he had just starred in a BBC show for "30 grand or something," an amount he felt good about before his "feeling of smugness" disappeared quickly upon seeing the Spider-Man actor's pay stub.
'Feud:'Capote vs. The Swans': Premiere date, cast, trailer, what to know about new season
Hollander's not the only one in a similar position, as there's also another famous Tom Holland: the filmmaker who directed horror movies like "Fright Night" and "Child's Play." After "Spider-Man: Far From Home" hit theaters in 2019, the director Holland said on X, formerly Twitter, that he was being flooded with tweets about Spider-Man. And ahead of the release of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" in 2021, Holland posted, "I think I'm about to get tagged in a lot of Spider-Man tweets."
veryGood! (378)
Related
- South Korea's acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets after Yoon impeachment
- Taylor Swift deepfakes spread online, sparking outrage
- Chiefs are in their 6th straight AFC championship game, and this is the 1st for the Ravens at home
- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talks inflation and Candy Crush
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- US condemns ban on Venezuelan opposition leader’s candidacy and puts sanctions relief under review
- 'Wait Wait' for January 27: With Not My Job guest Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
- Plastic surgery helped murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong stay on the run
- The Daily Money: Spending more on holiday travel?
- What is UNRWA, the main aid provider in Gaza that Israel accuses of militant links?
Ranking
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- A prison art show at Lincoln's Cottage critiques presidents' penal law past
- Tesla recalls nearly 200,000 cars over software glitch that prevents rearview camera display
- Philippine troops kill 9 suspected Muslim militants, including 2 involved in Sunday Mass bombing
- Small twin
- Q&A: How YouTube Climate Denialism Is Morphing
- The Boeing 737 Max 9 takes off again, but the company faces more turbulence ahead
- Charges against country singer Chris Young in Nashville bar arrest have been dropped
Recommendation
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
Beijing steps up military pressure on Taiwan after the US and China announce talks
A trial in Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay’s 2002 killing is starting, and testing his anti-drug image
Patrick Mahomes vs. Lamar Jackson with Super Bowl at stake. What else could you ask for?
What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
A Republican state senator who’s critical of Trump enters race for New Jersey governor
The Shocking True Story Behind American Nightmare: What Really Happened to Denise Huskins
Hiker dies of suspected heart attack in Utah’s Zion National Park, authorities say