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Although he’s a instrumentality of Saturday Night Live, Tom Holland doesn’t scheme connected getting his personage impermanent big wings anytime soon.
The Spider-Man: Brand New Day prima precocious noted that he’s been asked “a fewer times” to big nan NBC sketch drama show, but he’s “so petrified” of having to publication his lines from cue cards, owed to his dyslexia.
“I’m heavy dyslexic, which is 1 of nan reasons why—and I’d emotion to talk to you coming astir it, actually—is why I’ve ne'er done SNL,” Holland said connected nan Good Hang podcast. “I’m conscionable truthful petrified astatine nan conception of, like, trying to publication thing and they change.”
While big Amy Poehler speculated that “many dyslexics” person hosted nan show during its 51-season run, Holland explained, “It’s conscionable that, for me, I tin publication fine. But erstwhile I person to publication retired loud, it conscionable becomes, a benignant of… it’s for illustration a intelligence block, and I tin freeze.
“So, for me, my worst time astatine activity is nan read-through. At nan read-through, I will really effort and item everything and study my lines up of time, truthful that I’m much benignant of skimming it than I americium reading.
“I’ve been really fortunate that they’ve asked maine a fewer times to do it, and nan truth is that I’m really conscionable really frightened astatine nan prospect—I emotion nan show, and I emotion nan thought of having nosy and making a fool of yourself successful specified a fun, imaginative way. It’s conscionable that point of nan cue cards,” added Holland.
Poehler noted, “You person to remember, location person been group that person hosted who person been afloat connected drugs, truthful I deliberation you tin do it.”
The 2x Golden Globe victor was a Saturday Night Live formed personnel from 2001 to 2008.
