We finally watched Spider-Man: Far from Home last week. Scheduling two teenagers for anything to happen before their parents fall asleep should be an Olympic event, I swear. Anyway, we finally saw it and it was okay, I enjoyed it enough. I remarked during the film, again, that I am struggling with how I feel about Tom Holland. I feel for him, that part is for sure, and I’m trying to keep it in the maternal realm. But I was already losing that battle and then he took his shirt off in Far from Home and that made everything very murky. Being the sweet kid he is, Tom decided to end my struggle by shaving off all his hair, letting the bulk of his hot fall to the floor with it:
STAN BALD TOM HOLLAND pic.twitter.com/ImeZ624sXe
— . (@takeitallforus) October 12, 2019
The buzzcut seems to be for his role in the Russo Brothers film, Cherry, which sees Tom playing an addicted Army medic with PTSD who has to rob banks in order to pay off his drug debt. Given that context, the drastic change makes sense. Tom is very talented, but even with stellar acting, it would be hard to see this guy in that role as described:
tom holland smiling. pic.twitter.com/KA1z10sRSr
— ✨Maria✨ (@quackzonqueen) October 8, 2019
The cut happened early last week but it has taken most of us that much time to come to overcome the shock of our loss. Lainey Gossip posted an obituary featuring this fan’s tribute that is an absolute scream with Sarah McLachlan playing over a coiffure montage. Twitter, of course, is having a ball with the loss. There are people absolutely losing their sh-t over it but those who’ve come to terms have found comfort in trying to figure out who Tom looks like now and honestly, they’re all right:
Guys I swear Tom Holland looks like Eminem now pic.twitter.com/sd7dThghld
— sarah saw ffh x18 (@thedriversarah) October 8, 2019
I swear to god Tom Holland looks like eleven for stranger things pic.twitter.com/BUV6PqSD1X
— Defy Dean🎃 (@DeanMagganas) October 11, 2019
Tom Holland clearly shaved so he could play a different super hero pic.twitter.com/9JlNsM5o1h
— Jeff (ZERO/ZX HYPE) (@Jeff71289802) October 11, 2019
Tom Holland 🤝 Zayn Malik
— wen (@fiveavocados) October 8, 2019
why does bald tom holland look like balloony pic.twitter.com/33W07h5Ffv
— saif // stan evelyn hugo 💖✨ (@thescorpiobooks) October 8, 2019
Fans seemed to have forgiven Tom (or the Russos, if we’re assigning blame properly) enough to turn out for the Ace Comic Con where Tom and his little egghead appeared with Jake Gyllenhaal (still gloriously tressed, thank gawd!) Tessa Thompson, Brie Larson and Chris Hemsworth last week. And thank goodness fans will still come see him considering all the Spider-Man yet to come. Just yesterday, it was confirmed that after Spider-Man 3 (and Venom 2), there will be a Spider-Man/Venom crossover film, probably in 2022.
Speaking of Spider-Man 3, did we all hear that Spidey is staying at Marvel? Remember negotiations fell apart and Sony walked away with their legally purchased property. At the time, Tom was gracious and diplomatic in his discussion about leaving Marvel. But it was behind closed doors that Tom was truly impressive. Disney head Bob Iger told Jimmy Kimmel last week that Tom asked for his number, called him, made his case for Marvel to negotiate with Sony and asked Iger to please, make this deal happen. And Iger did! He went to his underlings, who got nowhere, so Iger called the head of Sony himself and they hashed out a deal. And Iger is giving Tom all the credit. Way to go, Peter Parker!
Last bit, then I’m out – the second trailer for Tom’s animated movie, Onward, is out. Fortunately, this one actually tells us what the film is about, and it looks cute. Weird, but cute:
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Awww hahaha, he’s still such a cutie. Love this kid.
I keep thinking about how incredible and committed he was on Lip Sync Battle. He’s the forever champion.
I’ve not actually seen him in anything, but I do think he’s a good-looking kid. With hair. It’s amazing how different (and like Eminem!) he looks with that buzz cut. Ah!
That movie looks so cute and original. Gotta hand it to the Pixar people, they are imaginative
I think Tom Holland is such a cutie, I hope he does well in regular (non-super hero) movies. Are he and Zendaya still dating? Or was that just a rumor?
They were never dating, he’s been seeing someone old enough to be his mother for some time now.
Really. I thought he’s dating Olivia Bolton. She’s 23. Man I’m out of the loop LOL
Tom and Zendaya were definitely dating for almost three years. (Their recent change in social media activity with respect to each other’s posts underscores that they were definitely more than just “best friends”). They both rebounded too quickly (him with Olivia Bolton, who, although 23ish, unfortunately looks way older; her with Jacob Elordi (ugh ugh)). Don’t know what the status of either rebound is, but T and Z were so adorable together. I, too, am 20 years older than Tom, and although I find him cute AF, it still is purely maternal, in that I am still rooting big time for him and Z! He looks adorable with the buzz cut!
As someone 20 years older than this kid, I also find my feelings towards him disturbingly non-maternal. I guess I can appreciate that he seems like a good egg and my 16 year-old self would have loved him. Still, it’s creepy.
Well if Starkiller is correct in what they said above, you have a good shot!
He’s handsome, but honestly, he looks very boyish to me, and the youthfulness is played up so much in the films that my brain can’t think of him as older. Maybe when he hits his thirties I’d feel less guilty thinking of him as hot lol.
Shaving his hair was smart. Not only does it break away from the character visually, it also gives him a more severe, less wholesome look.
Oh I didn’t know they were making Cherry into a movie! Nico Walker wrote an incredible definitely not autobiographical novel and am happy it will be hitting the mainstream.
his SK fans trolling about him going for his military services* and that they will wait for him. it was funny how all the standard weepy fans sending off msg under his news tbh. but he has a cute head and that buzz cut suits him
*SK able-bodied men are mandatory to serve military service for 1.5-2 yrs depending on your choice of military branches and they usually shave off their hairs before starting their service