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Tom Holland's mother called 'Spider-Man' producers to make sure he got enough bathroom breaks on set

Feb 20, 2022, 03:12 IST
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Tom Holland posed with "Spider-Man: Homecoming" fans in Singapore in 2017.Ore Huiying/Getty Images
  • Tom Holland's mother once phoned the franchise's producers while he filmed "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
  • Holland, 25, shared the story during a Friday appearance on "Live with Kelly and Ryan."
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Tom Holland's mother once called "Spider-Man" producers to ensure he got enough bathroom breaks while on set.

On Friday's episode of "Live with Kelly and Ryan," the "Uncharted" actor sat down with the show's eponymous hosts and discussed donning the superhero suit. After Ryan Seacrest mentioned that he wore a "Spider-Man" costume while filming his and Kelly Ripa's annual montage of Oscar-nominated movies, Holland questioned if it had a zipper.

"And you know what I mean by a zipper," Holland, 25, said, adding that his costume didn't have a zipper.

"On the first movie, I remember we were shooting this sequence on the stack on the Washington Monument, and I was in the suit for days at a time, sort of 11 hours [a day]," Holland said.

He continued: "I was young and wanted to impress the studio, and didn't want them to think I needed breaks."

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Holland said he mentioned the dilemma to his mother.

"I remember calling my mom up on our daily phone calls, and I was like, 'Mom, I'm really struggling, I'm working every day, and because I wear the suit, I can't go to the bathroom,'" he told Ripa and Seacrest. "And then two days later the producer came up to me and was like, 'How are your kidneys?'"

Holland said that his kidneys were fine and questioned why the producer was asking.

"He's like, 'Well, your mom called us,'" Holland said. "So, my mom called up the biggest studio in the world and was like, 'Give my son more toilet breaks!'"

Tom Holland starred as Peter Parked in three "Spider-Man" franchise films.Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage/Getty

Representatives for Holland did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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Holland's since gone on to star in two more franchise films, "Spider-Man: Far From Home" and "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Holland also starred in the February 2021 film "Cherry," during which he made his mother "furious" by sharing footage of him in character as a drug addict.

More recently, Holland, who's dating Zendaya, stars in the newly released film "Uncharted."

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