Tom Holland says he’s taking a year off from acting after making his difficult series THE CROWDED ROOM

Tom Holland has already made his mark in film and TV, starring in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man, as well as dramas such as The impossible, LockeAND Cherryanimated by Disney After youand packed with action Unexplored. Now we’re about to see him in the Apple TV limited series The crowded roomand according to the actor, it cost him a lot.

The series follows a man who is arrested following his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979. In the psychological thriller, Holland plays Danny Sullivan, a character based on Billy Mulligan, a man known as The Campus Rapist and the subject of a court highly publicized. case in the late 70s.

Holland opened up about her experience during an interview with Extra, saying:

“It was a difficult period, for sure. We were exploring some emotions that I’ve definitely never felt before. And then, on top of that, being a producer, dealing with the day-to-day problems that come with any movie set, just added that extra layer of pressure. Now I’m taking a year off, and that’s a result of how difficult this show has been.

THE Spider-Man: There’s no way back home the star said he’s “no stranger to hard work” and that he “really enjoyed” working on this series, but acknowledges that “the show broke me.”

“There came a moment where it was like, ‘I need a break. I am excited to see how this plays out and feel that our hard work has not been in vain.

This isn’t the first time Holland has talked about how difficult it was for him to play the character. He told EW in an interview:

“I’m no stranger to the physical aspects of the job of doing all the action filmmaking. But the mental aspect really hit me and it took me a long time to recover afterwards, to somehow come back to reality.

Holland spoke of the struggles he faced breaking away from the character, adding that he had “a little meltdown at home and thought, ‘I’m going to shave my head. I need to shave my head because I need to get rid of this character.’ And, of course, we were halfway through filming, so I decided against it… It was unlike anything I’d ever seen before.”

Following the year-long hiatus, Holland will return to play Peter Parker in the upcoming Spider-Man film and will also play Fred Astaire in an untitled biopic.

Apple TV+ will release the first three episodes of The crowded room starting June 9 and thereafter releasing one episode a week every Friday through July 28.