When Tom Holland first stepped into Nathan Drake’s 🐲swashbuckling shoes for the upcom⛄ing Uncharted adaptation, they didn’t quite fit.
"When we went to set for the fir☂st time, I saw Mark Wahlberg [who plays mentor figure 💖Sully], and Mark is massive. He is a unit,” the actor tells Total Film in the .
"I was in good shape, but I wasn’t by any means big." A few days later, the set was closed down due to Covid. And while the rest of us were stuck inside, eating copious amounts of ice-cream to help cope𒉰 with the pandemic, Holland set🎐 about growing into the part of Drake, the wisecracking adventurer from the massively popular Uncharted videogame series. "We went home for five months, all I did was eat and train, eat and train, eat and train – to put a bit of timber on, to make me look not like a child next to Mark."
The results speak volumes: Drake’s much bigger and more confident than the awkward Peter Parker. Yes, the quips are there, but Drake’s a swaggering explorer. And if you’re thinking that sounds like a character more suited to Wahlberg’s physique, then you🌳’re not alone – the Transformers actor was once in line to play Drake. However, after multiple directors dropped out of production (David O. Russell, Shawn Levy, and Dan Trachtenberg amon🌸g them), the story changed to focus on a younger version of the character – and Holland was in the perfect place to take on the role.
"I’m always looking for a challenge. I’m looking for something I haven’t done before," he says. "I’m now using my 🤡job as an excuse to travel, and see the world, and meet amazing people. In a similar way to Natha🀅n Drake, I really just like adventure." Sounds like Holland was Drake’s shoe size after all.
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Jack Shepherd i♑s the former Senior Entertainment Editor of GamesRadar. Jack used to work at The Independent as a general culture writer before specializing in TV and film for the likes of GR+, Total Film, SFX, and others. You can now find Jack working as a freelance journalist and🦄 editor.
