Hollywood ace actor Tom Holland is sweeping the internet for the past 1 month ever since his crime-drama series The Crowded Room started streaming on Apple TV+. While a section of fan on social media are hailing the actor to taking up a challenging role, another section of media are trolling and slamming Tom Holland over a controversial scene in the series. Apart from Tom Holland, The Crowded Room has a star cast including- Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum, Sasha Lane, Will Chase, and more. To be precise, The Crowded Room is a dark psychological drama written by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman. The story revolves around Tom Holland who plays the character of Danny Sullivan. Amanda Seyfried as interrogator Rya Goodwin, Yitzak (Lior Raz). Now, the question arises why a section of media is trolling & slamming Tom Holland? To know the answer continue reading-
Why Tom Holland is facing social media backlash?
In the viral clip from The Crowded Room, Tom Holland can be seen dressed as his character Danny's female alter-ego as he gets involved with another man in an intimate scene.It came as a shock for fans and the reactions around the scene range from homophobic messages and hilarious memes to defensive tweets in Holland's favor. Several of the users are calling the actor out for resorting to scandalous roles after portraying Spiderman while others are slamming them for being homophobic and being unable to separate actor from character.
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This is #TomHolland acting ppl he is an ACTOR. Stop being shocked 😏 pic.twitter.com/4zbGDoRowA
— 🇨🇦moonkan Fan Account 🥂🍹🌛☀️ (@Chandrakan13) July 15, 2023
The Crowded Room True Story
.The Crowded Room is a true story based on Daniel Keyes’ biography The Minds of Billy Milligan and Tom Holland's character is based on the infamous real-life criminal Billy Milligan.Billy Milligan committed several felonies including armed robbery, three rapes on the campus of Ohio State University, and more. For those who are unaware, Billy Milligan was the first person in the history of the United States to be found not guilty by reason of insanity because of dissociative identity disorder. William Stanley Milligan infamously known as 'The Campus Rapist', was an American who was the subject of a highly publicized court case in Ohio in the late 1970s. After having committed several felonies including armed robbery, Milligan was arrested for three rapes on the campus of Ohio State University. In the course of preparing his defense, psychologists diagnosed Milligan with dissociative identity disorder.