English actor Tom Hollander revealed on Monday that he once accidentally glimpsed the pay slip of eponymous Spider-Man star Tom Holland.
While stopping by Late Night With Seth Meyers, the 56-year-old White Lotus actor admitted that near-identical spellings of their names led to the unfortunate mix-up, though he joked that people were just confusing him with the superhero star in a “non- visual context’. .’
Hollander joked that it was “really hard” to be mistaken for Tom Holland – who is 29 years his junior – because he “was here first.”
The actor, who plays Truman Capote in the upcoming Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, marveled at how enormous Holland’s paycheck was, despite it being only a small portion of his Avengers compensation.
Hollander explained that the paycheck mix-up occurred during a period when both actors were “briefly” represented by the same talent agency.
Tom Holland, 56, revealed Monday on Late Night With Seth Meyers that he is often confused with Spider-Man star Tom Holland — and once received a huge paycheck intended for the 29-year-old star
Hollander was accidentally sent the paycheck for Holland’s role in one of the Avengers films; seen on January 14 in Santa Monica
Holland played Spider-Man in a hugely successful trilogy, and he also appeared in two Avengers films and Captain America: Civil War (pictured)
The In The Loop star initially made it big after joining a friend who was performing in a Chekhov play for just around £300 a week.
He rejoiced in his apparently superior position, having just received a salary of ’30 grand’ for starring in a BBC production.
He planned to “kinda patronize” his friend when they met later, but he got distracted when he checked his emails during the break and saw someone from the agency advising him about his “first box office bonus for The Avengers.”
‘And I thought, ‘I’m not doing that think I’m in the Avengers,” he recalled to laughs from the studio audience.
Hollander added that it was “an astonishing amount of money.”
But he clarified that the paycheck was not for the Spider-Man star’s salary, but only for his “first box office bonus.”
‘Not the entire cash register. The first one,” he emphasized comically.
“And it was more money than I’ve ever made – it was a seven-figure sum,” Hollander added.
Meyers interjected, joking that the amount was so large that “they had to send it in two emails.”
Hollander bitterly added that the superhero star was only “20 or something” at the time.
“So the feeling of smugness you remember me having in the first half (of the play) disappeared very quickly,” he deadpanned.
“But that’s showbiz,” he added.
Although not as well known as Tom Holland, Hollander has appeared in several major films, including the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice, and played Lord Cutler Beckett in the hugely popular Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise.
He also had critically acclaimed roles in Gosford Park, In The Loop, The Night Manager and the second season of The White Lotus.
The In The Loop star recalled how excited he was when he went to see a friend play Chekhov for £300 a week, having just earned ’30 grand’ for starring in a BBC production
But during the break he checked his emails and saw one meant for Holland with his ‘huge’ bonus payout for an Avengers movie
But he clarified that the paycheck was not for the Spider-Man star’s salary, but only for his “first box office bonus,” with an emphasis on “first.”
Although not as famous as Tom Holland, Hollander has appeared in the hugely popular Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise and season two of The White Lotus, and has a slew of other critically acclaimed roles to his name; pictured in NYC on Tuesday
Holland attended the premiere of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, in which he plays the writer Truman Capote
Hollander’s next big project is the second season of FX’s critically acclaimed series Feud, created by Ryan Murphy, Jaffe Cohen and Michael Zam.
In the new season, subtitled Capote vs. In The Swans, he plays the eponymous writer Truman Capote.
The show chronicles his friendships with several New York City socialites who later vowed to make his life miserable after he wrote thinly veiled and often unflattering portraits of them in his unfinished novel Answered Prayers, which was published posthumously in 1986, two years after Capote’s death.
Capote began writing the novel in the late 1960s, eventually publishing four chapters with excerpts for Esquire in the mid-1970s, although he was thought to have abandoned the longest-running project later that decade.