-Our first guest tonight is a talented actor
who you know from his work as Peter Parker
from both the "Spider-Man" movies
and the "Avengers" franchise.
His latest film, "Uncharted," is in theaters and IMAX now.
Let's take a look.
-Do you think it's another puzzle?
-Well, whatever it is, you better figure it out fast.
I'm gonna try and buy us some time.
Hey, can I get you a drink?
-Gin and tonic, por favor.
-This definitely isn't a gin and tonic, but it is on the house.
-Gracias.
-Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let me guess, piña colada?
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-Think you're a comedian there, sunshine.
-Okay, I got it, I got it.
Sex on the Beach.
-Please welcome back to the show
our friend Tom Holland, everybody.
[ Cheers and applause ]
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Welcome back, my friend.
-Hello, mate. It's good to be back.
-It's great to have you here.
Last time you were here --
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh. -This is very appropriate
because, you know, last time you were here,
you were promoting the new "Spider-Man" film.
-Yes, I was, yeah.
-And it's done quite well for itself.
-Yeah, the studio were happy.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
It's interesting, with your show,
I feel like you can do a, like,
through the ages of me growing up.
I came here, I don't know, I was maybe 19.
I'm 25 now. -Yep.
-It's always great to be back here, mate.
So thanks for having me back.
-And every time you come, I say to you --
I'm like, "I don't think it's going to work.
I don't think show biz is going to work for you."
And you keep ignoring me, and I'm so happy.
-Yeah, constantly [bleep] myself.
-But a tremendous -- I mean, a movie that is so deserved.
And one thing, of course, every time you're here,
especially if it's for anything Marvel, one of the problems is,
you have to promote a film that you can say very little about.
-Very true, very true, yeah.
I am a very honest person just by nature.
-Yeah.
-Which has got me into trouble in the past.
-Yeah. It seems like you're even nervous now
you're going to spoil a movie that everyone has seen.
-That is already out there. -Yeah.
-But every time I say, like, "So Tobey --"
I'm like, "Shh, shut up, don't say that."
But yeah, I'm just very honest.
So on the press tour, you know, journalists are like,
"So were Tobey and Andrew in this movie?"
I'm like, "No, they're not. Stop asking me that."
And I go home and I almost can't sleep
because I feel so bad for lying all the time.
-Yeah. -I'm, like, calling up my mom.
I'm like, "I just feel so guilty for all the lies."
[ Laughter ]
-Have you -- You should just go,
you should call all those journalists
and be like, "I'm so sorry." -I know, yeah.
-"I feel terrible about it. I hope you understand."
-Yeah, I don't feel that sorry, though.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
What was -- I mean, that is the spoiler that could not be said
that we can now let the world know.
But what was it like to work with Andrew and Tobey,
the previous Spider-Men?
-Honestly, mate, it was
the most incredible experience of my career.
To share the screen with them --
You know, playing Spider-Man,
while being a wonderful experience
and, like, completely life-changing,
it also can be quite alienating.
You know, when you're 19
and someone gives you this opportunity
and your life changes,
it's quite hard to figure out how to navigate.
So to almost have like two older brothers
that had been through it before me,
to be able to share that experience with them
was amazing.
And I remember we were shooting this scene,
which was really emotional --
like, a really, really emotional scene,
and I was struggling to find the emotion just because, you know,
when you make these big movies,
it can take two days to shoot a scene.
I'd been crying for days on end.
So I went up to Andrew and Tobey --
I nearly said Spider-Man and Spider-Man.
[ Laughter ]
And I basically just said,
"Thank you, thank you for being here.
Thank you for taking the time
to be a part of this, you know, incredible opportunity.
It means the world to me."
And we all embraced, and we all started crying.
And I remember the writers sort of seeing that,
being like, "Yep, that's how we're going to end the film.
[ Laughter ]
That's brilliant. Well done, Tom."
And then the end of the film is us having this moment
where I'm like, "Thank you so much.
I really appreciate it."
And then we have this beautiful hug, so it was's nice.
-That's really great that you can both talk about
the experience of playing Spider-Man,
which is obviously unique to you guys,
and also wearing the Spider-Man suit.
Because not a lot of people, you know, do it at that level.
It's just, like, the three of you
and that guy in Times Square.
-I'll give you a spoiler.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. -You don't want to hug him.
Do not hug him. -I'll give you a spoiler,
and I'm not going to tell you who,
but one of us has a fake ass in their suit.
-Really? [ Laughter ]
Wow.
-You can figure out that for yourselves.
-Well.
I mean, see, this is a real -- This is, you know --
Everybody thinks you're such a nice guy,
but you're all about ticket sales.
Because now everybody is going back out
to try to find the fake ass.
-I remember being on set and being like,
"Wow! Oh, hang on a minute.
No, that's not real." -Right?
At the wrap party, you're like, "Where'd his ass go?"
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-This is -- This is very fun, to do a film like this.
And I want to mention the clip real quick.
You actually looked like you had some bartending skills.
And I asked about it,
and you actually did take this seriously.
You did a little bit of bartending classes.
-Yeah, it was an interesting one.
Nathan Drake as a character
is someone who is incredibly capable
but in no way, shape, or form trained.
So I wanted to find something
where I could convince the audiences of his skill,
and I'd seen on YouTube this flair bartending,
and I thought it was always really cool.
So I thought that would be a great way
to demonstrate to the audiences that he's quite handy.
So I started taking bartending classes,
and I actually went to my favorite bar in London
and managed to convince the bartenders
to let me go behind the bar.
So I ended up working these kind of undercover shifts.
I had, like, the white tuxedo on and everything.
-Yeah. -But then the management team
found out, and I haven't been allowed back since.
-In what -- in what --
I was going to say when you had to convince them,
like, in what world do people say, "No, Tom Holland.
You don't have your bartender's license."
-I think the big part of it was that, like,
they're charging a lot of money and my drinks taste like [bleep]
-Oh, I see. -And the patrons weren't happy.
-Yeah, like on Yelp, they were like,
"While the espresso martini was made by Tom Holland,
it tasted like [bleep]"
Three stars. -Yeah, exactly.
-I have more questions about "Uncharted."
We'll be right back with more from Tom Holland.
-Welcome back to "Late Night."
We're here with Tom Holland.
Last time you were here, right before the holidays,
we were talking about you had not had time
and, obviously, you're a busy guy,
to finish your Christmas shopping for your family.
I know you're very close to your family.
You always have at least one brother with you
when you come here. It's very nice to see him.
Did you get it done? Did you get your Christmas shopping done?
-No. -Okay.
[ Laughter ]
-Thank you for bringing that up. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I just honestly,
I'd finished the "Spider-Man" press tour and I was so busy
and I was so tired, that I just didn't do it.
[ Laughter ]
And that's terrible. That's terrible.
I've told my family and they're already in agreement
that next year will be a double gift year.
-Oh, wow! So they're basically -- Yeah, okay.
-Yeah, put your orders in now and I'll sort you out.
Don't worry. -So they're ultimately
patient with you.
They're not too judgmental of it.
-No, of course not. I mean, my family are wonderful
and they know how hard I work and the traveling
and, you know, like, you know,
the press tours are tough.
It looks really glamorous and it is very glamorous --
I'm not complaining, but I am complaining.
[ Laughter ] Because it's really tiring.
-That's the part that's the most remarkable to me.
We always talk backstage because people don't understand
that it's almost exactly as long as it takes to shoot a movie,
especially a movie the size of movies that you're making,
you have to go out and then talk about them forever.
-Yeah. And, honestly, I'm so sick of my own voice.
-Yeah. -It does get to that stage.
We'd finished work the other day
and I bumped into someone in a bar
and they asked me about "Uncharted"
and, immediately, I just went into press mode,
like "It's a movie that ticks all the boxes.
It's funny. It's exciting." [ Laughter ]
And I was like, "Stop talking like that!"
-And then, at the bar, did the manager come over and go,
"Back to work, Holland!"? -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-Now, "Uncharted" -- this movie came about
because you wanted to play sort of a young James Bond.
Is that right? -Yes. Yeah.
It didn't work out quite as planned.
[ Laughter ] -But this is that kind of character.
-No, essentially, I just --
I'm such a big fan of James Bond
and I, you know, I've loved Daniel Craig's movies
and I just thought,
if they were to move on, it would be really exciting
to see like how James Bond becomes James Bond.
So I pitched this idea for a movie,
which is kind of a stupid idea where, essentially,
you wouldn't tell the audience
that it was a James Bond movie until the end,
but from a marketing point of view, that's a nightmare.
[ Laughter ] Like that just doesn't make any sense.
-And you would never be able to keep that secret.
-No, mate. If I got cast as Bond,
I'd be like, "I am James Bond," tweet.
[ Laughter ]
But, no, Tom Aspinall really liked the idea
and, you know, they've been trying to crack the case
with "Uncharted" for a long time.
You know, there's been loads of different actors.
Mark Wahlberg, at one point, was going to play Nate
and now he's old,
[ Applause ] so he plays Sully.
-Yeah. This is sort of like breaking Hollywood news,
that Mark Wahlberg is old now.
Is that what you're saying? -Oh, yeah.
[ Laughter ] No, I've been saying that
on all the press tours.
It's been really fun.
-It seems like, yeah.
Mark Wahlberg seems like a person that you would,
as a costar, that you would be able to tease relentlessly
back and forth because I would imagine
he gives it as well as he takes it.
-Yeah. You can tease Mark,
but he's also quite a scary guy. -Yes, he is.
[ Laughter ] -So like I have a security guard
who's one of my best mates,
but I only tease Mark
when Jack's around.
[ Laughter ]
I'll be like --
No, I'm not going to say what I was going to say.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah. [Indistinct] right now if I was like,
"Well, Jack's not here, but Mark is."
I'd be like, "Jack!"
[ Laughter ]
-We've talked in the past as well about, you know,
this is another big film, great action.
There's a stunt in this film that I want to ask you about
because, obviously, you're no stranger to stunts,
but I've never seen somebody --
You are in mid-air and you get hit by a car.
-That's true. -[Both] Yeah.
-Now, how do they bring that to you as an idea
and then you just call your stunt man right away
and say, "Bad news"?
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, I dunno. It's one of those things where
this, for me, as a young kid growing up,
the Indiana Joneses of the world
was my favorite genre of film. -The best.
-So, to do it myself was really exciting,
but then, I had to do it and I broke myself.
Like they tell you, "Right, we're going to do this stunt
where you're going to jump into the back of an airplane
and then you get hit by a car out of the airplane."
And you're like, "Wow! That sounds amazing!"
And then you shoot it and you're on take 12
and like, "Can we go again?"
And you're like, "No! I'm done!"
[ Laughter ] But it was tough.
I was actually on set on "Spider-Man,"
pitching the movie to Zendaya.
I was going through the film scene-by-scene
and I told her that. I was like,
"Oh, there's this great bit where I get by a car
out of a plane and she's like, "I have to stop you there.
What on Earth is this movie about?"
[ Laughter ] But it was fun. It was a lot of fun
and the stunts is something I've always really enjoyed.
I have two amazing stunt doubles
who I've worked with for a number of years, now,
and we have a great little thing going on where, you know,
our motto is that things should look dangerous
while being safe. That's not always the case.
You know, there's bangs and bruises here and there,
but it's part of the job.
But, yeah, being hit by the car --
My mum actually came to set that day.
-Oh, wow. Did she know it was Hit by the Car Day?
-No! -Okay. [ Laughter ]
-And then, the next day,
after hit by the car, was Drown in the Well Day.
-Wow! [ Laughter ]
-Mate, it was brutal.
-Yeah. I guess that would've been awful,
if she like read the script and said,
"I want to be there on the day you get hit by a car
and I definitely want to be there
on drown in the well.
-It's that thing for me like
whenever my mum and dad come to visit set
is always the day where I don't work.
It's always the day where I'm in my trailer
and I have nothing to do because they're like,
"There's a problem with the sound stage,"
or they're doing a different scene.
You're just, "We need to wait for you."
So my parents were always like, "Why are you so tired
all the time? [ Laughter ]
Like what is wrong with our son?"
And then, obviously, coming to set on those two days
consecutively, I was like, "This is why I'm so tired
all the time." -Yeah. You're like, you know,
"You get hit by a car out of a plane
and buy Christmas gifts for the whole family."
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
-Hey, man, it is always a full pleasure to have you here.
-Thank you. -Keep up the great work. Thank you so much
for making time for us, Tom. -It was a pleasure.
-You guys, that's Tom Holland.