Spider-Man is sticky, and not just because of his easily sticky webs. Like every MCU role, it threatens to dominate the public perception of the star who plays it. Tom Holland has also understood this, and he currently wants to show his talent away from the big screen: In the renowned theater district of London’s West End, he currently embodies the archetype of the tragic lover, Shakespeare’s Romeo. The critics’ affection is limited.
Besides his Spider-Man role, Tom Holland has had little luck so far
The professional audience reacted cautiously to the Romeo and Juliet production by British director Jamie Lloyd. His vision was too stylized, his handling of dialogue and emotions too deconstructed, as Variety writes. But the biggest target for criticism is Holland. Maybe because it is the most obvious.
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“[Holland] represents emotions rather than evoking them“, judges Variety. “He certainly has a better Romeo to offer than this one“, writes the Hollywood Reporter . According to the Independent, his performance falls flat. And Neil Norman of the Daily Express even declares the actor to be “Charisma-free zonee”.
It is the latest in a series of critical flops for Holland. His war drama Cherry, the sci-fi adaptation Chaos Walking and most recently the ambitious series The Crowded Room all received a below-average response. But is that his fault?
Each reader can form his own opinion about Holland’s acting skills. What is certain is that many great MCU heroes seemed elusive after their exit. Where is Chris Evans’ big appearance?
Even action hero Chris Hemsworth and Hollywood veteran Robert Downey Jr. only seem to be attracting the attention of the masses again since Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Oppenheimer. So Holland’s breakthrough in a role far removed from Marvel may still come. Or he may return to his former strengths with Spider-Man 4.
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