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Tom Holland<\/a>, Robert Pattinson<\/a>, and Matt Damon<\/a>, three co-stars from Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2018s The Odyssey, are on separate GQ<\/a> covers to promote the new film.<\/p>\n The film is slated to be released on July 17, 2026.<\/p>\n We\u2019re breaking down some of Tom\u2018s interview highlights here.<\/p>\n There was a big conflict that almost kept him from doing both The Odyssey and Spider-Man 4<\/p>\n Tom revealed in this interview that Spider-Man and The Odyssey were originally supposed to shoot at the exact same time, making it impossible for him to have done both.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I said to Chris, like, \u2018Look, I want to do this movie, but if I\u2019m going to do it, I\u2019m going to have to call Sony and have a very uncomfortable conversation,\u2019?\u201d Tom recalled, going to Tom Rothman, the head of Sony Pictures.<\/p>\n Sony then agreed to push Spider-Man filming, and one reason why was because of Christopher Nolan.<\/p>\n Tom recalled, \u201cI think one of the reasons why Sony were happy to move is because Chris has that reputation of \u2018This movie isn\u2019t going to go five months over, and we aren\u2019t actually going to lose Tom for two years.\u2019 Any other director, it might have been a slightly different conversation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n GQ noted, \u201cThe Odyssey\u00a0started on the day Nolan said it would and finished nine days early.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition, Tom revealed that the extra time given to Spider-Man actually allowed them to secure director Destin Daniel Cretton.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Odyssey\u00a0almost saved\u00a0Spider-Man\u00a0because we wouldn\u2019t have had Destin. He wouldn\u2019t have been ready to make the movie when we were ready to go. We wouldn\u2019t have had the six-month period to develop the script with Destin to get it to a place where it is now. And I truly believe that we\u2019ve made the best version of any\u00a0Spider-Man\u00a0movie going. So while it was a tough pill to swallow for Sony, I think in hindsight, they\u2019re very grateful that it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n He also reflected on his fast rise to fame in Hollywood and his early years in the spotlight.<\/p>\n \u201cI was obviously drinking back then. I probably was enjoying myself a lot and was right in the middle of the Spider-Man run, which was the time of my life. I was falling in love. I was making movies that I was really proud of. I was building a career that I was really excited about. And then now I have had this amazing moment where I feel like I got to hit the reset button and end the chapter of being a kid in Hollywood.\u201d\u00a0By the way, Tom is now sober.<\/p>\n He also spoke out about taking a lengthy break from the spotlight<\/p>\n \u201cI needed a break, and I felt like I\u2019d overworked and I needed to do some growing up in my personal life, which required me to have some time at home. And then also I just wanted to make sure that I was always in love with what I was doing. I think to do what we do, we\u2019re so lucky, and the moment it becomes a chore, there\u2019s something wrong. I don\u2019t know if there was a moment where I doubted being in love with it, but it just felt a little bit like I was not doing my best work, because I was just going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n He then was asked how long he would play Spider-Man<\/p>\n As he just turned 30 years old, there are questions about how long he\u2019ll play Spider-Man, who is famously a high school student when he becomes the superhero.<\/p>\n \u201cI would love to pass the baton on, but I haven\u2019t achieved that yet \u2026 I think the truth is that playing Spider-Man has been the joy of my life. I now kind of stand on the plinth of like, I\u2019ll do it for as long as they\u2019ll have me.\u201d<\/p>\n And, of course, Tom did mention his longtime love Zendaya<\/p>\n Zendaya also has a role in The Odyssey, if you did not know.<\/p>\n Tom said he \u201cwent to set her first day of work because I just wanted to be there,\u201d but confirmed they don\u2019t share any scenes together.<\/p>\n \u00a0See who else stars in The Odyssey.<\/a><\/p>\n For more, head to GQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n Posted To:Tom Holland<\/a> Zendaya<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Alex Prager \/ GQ Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, and Matt Damon, three co-stars from Christopher Nolan\u2018s The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-457343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Tom](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tom-holland-gq1-788x1071.jpg\")
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