Chances are you’ll recall that the present generated numerous hype within the run-up to its launch, partly due to the continual stream of photographs of Tom filming the present on the streets of New York sporting a fairly funky ‘70s coiffure.
Nonetheless, the 10-part sequence didn’t dwell as much as the anticipation and was fairly poorly acquired by critics following the discharge of the primary three episodes in June 2023.
Tom — who additionally served as an government producer on the present — was fast to handle the damaging reception. He even talked concerning the present’s unhealthy opinions whereas he was nonetheless selling it, saying in one notably candid occasion: “It’s no secret my present has been so horribly reviewed, however I’m right here right this moment to advertise the present, and I’m nonetheless right here.”
However, regardless of his resilience, the star made no secret of the truth that the making of the sequence took a significant toll on his psychological well being. In actual fact, in June 2023, he informed Further that he was planning to “take a 12 months off” from performing as a direct results of how “troublesome” the present’s manufacturing was.
Quick ahead to right this moment, and Tom definitely stayed true to his phrase. The 28-year-old has not launched one other present or film since The Crowded Room, and as he emerges from his break, he’s talked in additional element about his troublesome expertise on that specific challenge.
“There was various animosity on that set,” he informed Males’s Well being in a brand new profile revealed on Jan. 2. “It was not a really harmonious place, and there was numerous arguing and butting heads,” he continued, clarifying that the arguments weren’t merely over artistic variations.
Discussing his year-long performing break, Tom stated it was “simply one thing [he] wanted to do.” And it appears like he’s gearing up for fairly the comeback, having just lately been forged in Christopher Nolan’s 2026 adaptation of The Odyssey, alongside Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and, most excitingly, his girlfriend, Zendaya.