Tom Holland raises concerns about his performance in Uncharted

Tom Holland in the Uncharted movie
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Tom Holland has been chatting about his leading role in the long-awaited Uncharted movie ā€“ and heā€™s being really quite candid. One of the most endearing things about Tom Holland is his tendency to go ā€˜off-scriptā€™ when it comes to chatting about the films in which he is starring. His slips of the tongue whilst promoting his Marvel films, where he pays Peter Parker/Spider-Man, are already something of note. Now Holland has been talking about his role as Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted film and well, heā€™s been brazenly candid about his performance. Brazenly candid. Speaking to GQ, Holland has voiced concerns about his suitability as an action star and whether heā€™s delivered on the role. ā€œAs soon as you start worrying about ā€˜do I look good in this shot?ā€™ acting becomes something other than playing a character. I think there are elements of my performance in Uncharted where I kind of fell under that spell of being ā€˜I want to look good now. I want this to be my cool moment'ā€, he said. Clearly, Holland is an actor who whilst devoted to his craft, is still learning. Whatā€™s more, he has no problem admitting that in public which is refreshing to hear in the usually glossy, PR-spun world of movie marketing. As Holland goes on to say, ā€œI had to play this very tough, very stoic guy ā€“ basically be Mark Wahlberg. My character is supposed to be a fucking action hero in this moment! Look, I havenā€™t seen it, so I donā€™t know if I succeeded in that. But it was an important lesson learned, because, at times, it was less about land a mark and go through this scene and more about land a mark, stand like this and see my bulging bicepsā€¦ It was a mistake and is something that I will probably never do againā€. Itā€™s a very honest and open admission, not that weā€™re worried. Holland has been terrific in everything heā€™s featured in so far, but nonetheless, itā€™s lovely to hear an actor speak in such an open way about their doubts and their process. Uncharted is scheduled to be theatrically released  on February 11, 2022. Movieweb ā€” Thank you for visiting! If youā€™d like to support our attempts to make a non-clickbaity movie website: Follow Film Stories on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. Buy our Film Stories and Film Stories Junior print magazines here. Become a Patron here.
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