Tom Holland has often dominated headlines for his films and is most known for his depiction of Spider-Man in the Marvel franchise. In the latest, the actor is in the news not for his work but for an online scam he got embroiled in. Reportedly, Tom Holland’s X handle was hacked, and what’s worse is that the fraudsters were trying to promote cryptocurrency investment using his name.
Fans of Tom Holland were taken aback when the actor appeared to make a cryptic post on social networking platform X regarding a merger with cryptocurrency platform Binance on April 16. The now-deleted tweet recommended his followers sign up for early access to a new digital currency dubbed $SPIDER coin and Spiderverse NFTs, which were allegedly related to a SpiderVerse project.
Reportedly, Tom Holland is known for his limited social media activity, and therefore, the unusual post promoting cryptocurrency created confusion among his fans. This eventually led his followers to believe that his account had been hacked. Moreover, an unknown man’s selfie appeared on the actor’s X profile as well but was deleted later suggesting that it could be the hacker.
One of his fans who was concerned about the actor promoting cryptocurrency stated, “Wait, so Tom wasn’t being serious about the NFT BS thing?! Oh, thank goodness because I was about to get heartbroken by that post and also damn that sucks.” While another fan clarified, “Guys, Tom Holland does not own the rights to Spiderverse. Marvel does. This is clearly some kind of hack or other scam.”
Meanwhile, Tom Holland has returned to make his stage debut in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The actor will play Romeo in the production, which will run between May to August 2024 in London. In addition to Tom Holland, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers has been cast as the female lead, Juliet. Francesca appeared in two seasons of Bad Education, a BBC sitcom from 2012.
Following the announcement of the production, the team faced a lot of racial abuse and have called out the perpetrators over the same. Jamie Lloyd Company issued a statement, saying: “Following the announcement of our ‘Romeo &; Juliet’ cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company. This must stop.” The production also stars Freema Agyeman, Michael Balogun, Tomiwa Edun, Mia Jerome, Daniel Quinn-Toye and Ray Sesay.
first published: April 17, 2024, 10:47 IST
Be the first to comment