Benedict Cumberbatch taught Tom Holland how to cry
Actor Tom Holland revealed he couldn’t cry on set and hence took some help from the English actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
The 27-year-old actor found himself filled with “worry” whenever he had to show emotion on screen because he found it so difficult.
Speaking at a recent SAG-AFTRA Foundation event to promote his latest series ‘The Crowded Room’, Tom said: “Benedict Cumberbatch is someone that I asked for advice a lot about acting. I went through a phase where I was really really struggling to cry, in my personal life also.”
“It was really affecting me on set because I would really just worry about crying scenes and worry and worry and worry and I would worry so much that I would almost like worry myself out of tears,” he said.
Holland shared how Cumberbatch had taught him to overcome his fear of crying whilst they worked on 2017 thriller ‘The Current War...
The 27-year-old actor found himself filled with “worry” whenever he had to show emotion on screen because he found it so difficult.
Speaking at a recent SAG-AFTRA Foundation event to promote his latest series ‘The Crowded Room’, Tom said: “Benedict Cumberbatch is someone that I asked for advice a lot about acting. I went through a phase where I was really really struggling to cry, in my personal life also.”
“It was really affecting me on set because I would really just worry about crying scenes and worry and worry and worry and I would worry so much that I would almost like worry myself out of tears,” he said.
Holland shared how Cumberbatch had taught him to overcome his fear of crying whilst they worked on 2017 thriller ‘The Current War...
- 12/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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