Marvel stars Tom Holland and Daniel Kaluuya recently engaged in a virtual chat as part of Variety’sActors on Actorsseries to discuss each other’s careers and techniques. WhilePeter Parker is undoubtedly Holland’s most iconic role, Kaluuya is much more renowned for his Oscar-nominated lead performance in Jordan Peele’s terrifying social thrillerGet Outthan his supporting turn inBlack Panther. One interesting revelation from the two actors’ conversation is that Holland is interested in joining Kaluuya in the horror genre.
When Kaluuya asked Holland if his future holds more big-budget blockbusters or smaller-scale indie fare, he said, “I think I will try and do both [big and small movies]. I’d like to do a horror film, but I’m so terrified of it.Get Outis one of the only horror films I’ve ever really seen, and I love that film, but I can’t tell you how much sleep you stole from me.” Horror is one of the only genres left with the freedom to tell sharp, thought-provoking original stories likeGet Out– and with films likeHereditary,The Witch, andIt Comes at Night, horror cinema isenjoying something of a renaissance– so it’s hardly surprising that Holland is interested in jumping on the scary movie bandwagon.
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Much like Holland, Kaluuya isn’t automatically drawn to horror films, but was happy to make an exception when it came toPeele’s fiercely original script. He said, “I had babysitters who used to playNightmare on Elm Streetto me, and I used to watch that as a kid, and that gave me nightmares. So, I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch a horror movie, but Jordan Peele killed it.” Kaluuya received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Chris Washington. Peele won Best Original Screenplay and the movie was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Director.
During their discussion ofGet Out, Holland and Kaluuya mentioned one scene in particular. In the movie,Chris is hypnotizedby a spoon slowly stirring around a teacup. Holland said that after the movie came out, “We had a joke in my house, because, obviously, being English, we drink loads of tea. And you’d be stirring the tea. ‘Why are you doing it like that? Are you trying to hypnotize me?’” Kaluuya said, “Bro, going to London and getting a cup of tea afterGet Outwas interesting.”
A Tom Holland-starring horror movie could be very interesting. The actor’s most recent movie, the Netflix psychological thrillerThe Devil All the Time, was far from a straight horror film, but it did have creepy characters, shocking twists, and ominous overtones, which are usually found in horror movies. Holland iscurrently shooting the thirdSpider-Manmovieand will next be seen as an opioid-addicted war veteran who resorts to robbing banks in the Apple TV+ crime dramaCherryfromAvengers: Endgamedirectors Joe and Anthony Russo. Kaluuya, on the other hand, will be seen in the role of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton opposite Lakeith Stanfield and Martin Sheen in the Sundance-bound ‘60s-set biopicJudas and the Black Messiah.
