Tom Holland revealed that he doesn’t like Hollywood in a new interview. Its 27-year-old protagonist “Spider-Man” admitted that the entertainment industry is not for him and that it scares him, he said on Jay Shetty’s podcast.

“Look, I’m a really big fan of making movies, but I really don’t like Hollywood, it’s not for me,” said the British-born star, who also spoke of his “battle” with alcohol before entering rehab .

“Work really scares me. I understand that I am part of this system and I enjoy my kind of interaction with it. However, I’m always looking for ways to remove myself somehow, to live as normal a life as possible.”

The actor said, among other things, that some of his friends have “lost” in the work, meaning that the system has somehow “swallowed” them. “Definitely a thought that constantly crosses my mind is don’t lose yourself. I’ve seen so many people come before me and lose themselves and I’ve had friends that I grew up with that aren’t my friends anymore because they lost themselves in this business.

I just really want to focus on what makes me happy, which is my family, which is my friends. It’s my carpentry, my golf, the charity my mother runs. These are the things that make me truly happy and these are the things that I have to protect,” the actor said candidly.

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Holland has been acting since the age of nine and became world famous playing Spider-Man in The Avengers and the Spider-Man franchise.

In June, he announced that he would be taking a break from Hollywood. He says the hiatus was already planned, but some speculate it was after his recent Apple TV+ series, The Crowded Room, which didn’t receive the best reviews.

Elsewhere in the interview he revealed the reason why he keeps his relationship with girlfriend Zendaya so private. “I try to do everything I can to keep it as private as possible. We both feel this is the healthiest way to move forward as a couple, so I try to stay as far away from Hollywood as possible.”

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In his interview, Holland also talked about his journey to sobriety and how he realized he was addicted to alcohol. He publicly revealed in May that he has been sober for a year and four months, adding that it was one of the hardest things he has ever done.

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Holland said he realized he had a problem when he tried to go a month without drinking: “It was all I could think about. I used to wake up and think about it. I was looking at the clock and waiting for 12:00. And that really scared me.”

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