Tom Holland shares how he got to tell Zendaya that Nolan wanted her as Athena in The Odyssey.
Tom Holland: Then at my meeting with Chris, he asked me a question. He said, “Do you mind if I ask you a question and please don’t be offended by my asking?” And I thought he was going to ask me like, “Can we put like lifts in your shoes or something make you taller?” I didn’t know what he was going to say. And he went, “Would you be offended if I asked you if I asked to play Athena?” I was like, “Why would I be offended?”
Tom Holland: And yeah, I just said, “Oh, mate, I would be honored. That’s amazing. I’m sure she would love to.” And then I asked him, I said, “Do you want me to tell her?” And he said, “Yeah.” And then I went home and she asked me about the meeting and I just said to her, I said, “You should read the script again.” And she was like, “Well, I read it.” I said, “No, no, no. Just trust me. Like, you should read it again.” And she was like, “What are you talking about?” I said, “Just read it again, but read Athena like really closely.” And the little corners of her mouth…
Interviewer: YESS, IT’S MY FAVORITE. It was amazing.
Hoy aprendí de la existencia de algo llamado hiperlexia, que es cuando un niño aprende a leer antes de los 5 años y es un rasgo característico del espectro autista. Ahora entiendo el motivo por el cual mi psicóloga se reía cada vez que yo contaba que aprendí a leer con 4.