

The Spider-Man hero traded his red and blue suit for a vinyl corset and fishnets to perform Rihannas Umbrella. “I am just lucky that everyone saw my humour and got it and it was a lot of fun. The actor was photographed striking a pose Holland famously made with his own umbrella when he showed up on Lip Sync Battle. Tom Holland certainly made a splash during his appearance on Lip Sync Battle.

Holland admits he’s relieved fans of the show liked his performance: “I was Rihanna for a moment,” he adds.

It’s one of those things where like, the world could find this really funny, but also be offended by this.” “I used to be (dancer character) Billy Elliot when I was a kid, so I tried to go funny, but also add some dancing in there at the same time, and it was nerve-wracking. “I knew going up against her (Zendaya) – she’s a singer, dancer, performer – that I was going to have to go down the funny route to try and win, so going drag was my number one goal, but then also I have a dancing background,” Tom tells The Associated Press. Tom Holland Episode aired IMDb RATING 9.
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Holland stepped up to mime along to Rihanna’s Umbrella in a TV Lip Sync Battle showdown with his Spider-Man: Homecoming co-star Zendaya recently, but he’s still not sure if one of his favourite artists liked his odd tribute. E16 All episodes Cast & crew IMDbPro All topics Zendaya vs.
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You can (and should) read the full oral history here.New Spider-Man Tom Holland fears he may have upset Rihanna with his drag impersonation of the singer. I believe Zendaya put it best: Via DECIDER I killed Tom Holland.” But he was adamant about it. Holland stepped up to mime along to Rihanna’s Umbrella in a TV Lip Sync. There was a moment in rehearsal where we did it with the water for the first time, and he slipped a little bit when he did that flip at the end, and I was like, “Oh, god. WENN New Spider-Man Tom Holland fears he may have upset Rihanna with his drag impersonation of the singer. The water proved especially tricky:įlora: Dancing in water, it’s scary because it is slippery. “We only did one dress rehearsal with the body suit because then it had to dry,” costume designer Jeanie Cheek explained. On the Lip Sync Battle stage were the cast of Stranger Things ’ Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, and Finn Wolfhard. Still, there was time for only one full run-through of the performance before the taping. It’s like this wonderful human has fallen out of the sky and on top of that, he really can dance his butt off,” she said. While Holland is now synonymous with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, he is also well-known for the 2017 lip-sync battle. Spider-Man star Tom Holland is about to swing into theaters with his next blockbuster adventure, Uncharted, alongside Mark Wahlberg. Holland, who has a background in dance (he was in Billy Elliot the Musical), was the exception. Tom Holland’s Umbrella performance on Lip Sync Battle almost didn’t happen. Then, when they show up on set, it just really is never the case,” choreographer Danielle Flora told Insider in an oral history of the episode. “Every agent says that their celebrity guest is a great dancer. His medley of “Singin’ in the Rain” by Gene Kelly and “Umbrella” by Rihanna was a viral sensation, with the Spider-Man actor flawlessly transitioning from old school Hollywood to pop music androgyny. Emmy winner Zendaya ( still fun to say) killed it with her lip syncs of “Tyrone” by Erykah Badu and “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars, but the reason the episode is recalled so fondly is because of Tom Holland. Zendaya” is to Lip Sync Battle as “The Suitcase” is to Mad Men.
