Tom Holland retires: a year off for his mental health

tom holland Said he plans to retire from acting for a year to take care of his mental health. Behind this decision would be experiencing a “difficult moment” and “a little downfall” during the receipt of his latest work.

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The 27-year-old British actor, the popular face of Spiderman, is currently busy promoting the Apple TV+ thriller series.crowded room“, of which he is the hero and creator.

Holland plays a character loosely based “Campus Rapist” Billy MilliganAn American man who claimed to have 24 distinct personalities and who was the first person to be found not guilty by reason of insanity on the grounds of dissociative identity disorder.

Al Weekly Xtra, the 27-year-old said that he “loved training to be a producer”, but that he had to juggle that responsibility and role of an actor, especially with his portrayal of the main character, who suffers from a severe mental illness,

a role that pushed him “too far”, he admitted.

“This series destroyed me”

“I’ve never worked hard worksaid the actor, who shot to fame in 2016 for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “I have always believed that hard work pays off. On the other hand, the series made me have destroyed.

There came a time when I needed a break, I disappeared and went to Mexico for a week, spent time on a beach and just relaxed.

now i take a year off, and this is a result of how difficult this project was. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. I think our hard work has not gone in vain.”

The young English phenomenon who is romantically linked to actress Zendaya was found on the set of spiderman: homecoming

say just spent “it certainly was a difficult period,

“We discovered some feelings that I’ve honestly never felt before. And then, as if this was not enough, being a producer, dealing with the daily problems faced on the sets of a film, has increased the stress level”.

difficulty taking a role

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in May, Tom Holland said that “The Crowded Room” gave him major problems in isolation from the role once the film wrapped, so much so that it even went so far as to consider the idea of shave your head To “get rid” of the character.

“I saw myself in him, but in my private life, I remember going through a meltdown at home and thinking, ‘I’m going to shave my head.’ I have to shave my head because I have to get rid of this character, ”he said.

“Obviously we were in the middle of filming so I decided against it. It was unlike anything I’d ever experienced before.”

“I’m not new to the physical aspects of the job, to do everything involved in an action film – said the actor -. But mental aspect i really have it Worried And it took me a long time to recover and come back to reality.”

mental health

He has said in the past that he has tried to protect his mental health in public by taking breaks from social media and staying sober. She said the show helped her better understand this aspect of her life, allowing her to “recognize triggers” and “do things that stress me out”.

In 2021 he confessed what he was thinking about quit acting altogether: “I don’t even know if I want to be an actor or not… I started acting when I was 11 and haven’t done anything else, so I want to try other things. In fact, I’m having a kind of… midlife crisis – at 25, I’m having a pre-midlife crisis,