In a recent admission, Tom Holland shared that he has been sober for the past 16 months.
During a discussion about his upcoming Apple TV+ series, The Crowded Room, the 26-year-old actor shared how his involvement in the project has reshaped his outlook on mental health.
The Spider-Man star told Entertainment Weekly that he became better at ‘recognizing triggers’ and ‘things that stress me out’ after working on the psychological thriller.
The Uncharted alum — who was seen getting into character and filming in New York City last year — also said he talked to psychiatrists to further understand his role.
In the interview, he opened up about how doing so was ‘so informative on my own life’.
Opening up: Tom Holland recently opened up and revealed he has been sober for one year and four months
‘Learning about mental health and the power of it, and speaking to psychiatrists about Danny (his character) and Billy’s struggles, has been something that has been so informative to my own life,’ Holland told the publication.
Because of the show, he also said he hoped that viewers will ‘have more respect and more sympathy for people who are going through mental health issues.’
Then, he added: ‘I hope that people will feel educated about the powers of mental health, the struggles, [and] our incredible abilities to survive.’
Although the show did benefit his mental health in certain ways, he admitted the emotional nature of the role and the heavy subject matter was also very taxing.
‘I’m no stranger to the physical aspects of the job doing the whole action movie thing,’ he said. ‘But the mental aspect, it really beat me up, and it tool a long time for me to recover afterwards, to sort of get back to reality.’
At one point, he explained that he needed to detach himself from his character after nine months of filming.
‘I was seeing myself in him, but in my personal life, I remember having a bit of a meltdown at home and thinking, like, “I’m going to shave my head. I need to shave my head, because I need to get rid of this character,”‘ he recalled.
‘And, obviously, we were mid-shooting, so I decided not to… It was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before,’ he continued.
Mental health: While talking about his upcoming Apple TV+ show The Crowded Room, the 26-year-old actor spoke about how working on the miniseries shifted his perspective on mental health. In the show, Holland plays Danny Sullvian— an antisocial young man who is arrested after being mistaken for the culprit behind a shocking crime
Educational role: The Spider-Man star told Entertainment Weekly that he became better at ‘recognizing triggers’ and ‘things that stress me out’ after working on the psychological thriller
Amanda Seyfried will also star opposite Holland as Rya Goodwin, a clinical psychologist tasked with the most challenging case of her career so far
Coming soon: The first three episodes of The Crowded Room will premiere on June 9. The following seven will air weekly on Apple TV+; Zachary Golinger and Emmy Rossum also star in the show
In the show, Holland plays Danny Sullvian— an antisocial young man who is arrested after being mistaken for the culprit behind a shocking crime.
According to the synopsis, ‘an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it before the true criminal strikes again’.
The show also stars: Emmy Rossum as Danny’s mom, Candy; Will Chase as his stepfather, Marlin; and Sam Vartholomeos and Levon Hawke as his friends Mike and Johnny, respectively.
Amanda Seyfried will also star opposite Holland as Rya Goodwin, a clinical psychologist tasked with the most challenging case of her career so far.
The first three episodes of The Crowded Room will premiere on June 9. The following seven will air weekly on Apple TV+.
