Everyone’s seen the posts floating around on the internet saying Norwegian football star Erling Haaland ignored an Instagram message from Tom Holland because he doesn’t watch movies and didn’t know who the actor was.
We couldn’t believe it either when we first heard it. Haaland admitted to it in a conversation with Norwegian press, but we kind of thought it was a big joke, after all, who doesn’t know Spider-Man?
So, you can imagine how surprised we were to get a confirmation straight from the horse’s — or should we say Holland’s — mouth. The actor was on The Tonight Show when host Jimmy Fallon asked if the rumours were true.
The actor said they were and added, “I’ll tell you what, that is exactly the type of humbling experience that is important for actors.”
He said he had tried to say hi and ask Haaland out to dinner, but he got left on read. “Not an excuse. Not ‘I’m busy tonight’ [or] ‘I’m playing football.’ Nada. Nothing.”
