Tom Holland is worried about his Uncharted movie performance

Tom Holland in the Uncharted movie
(Image credit: Sony)

Uncharted movie star Tom Holland has admitted that, while he hasn't seen the finished movie yet, he's a tad troubled about his portrayal of one of gaming's biggest icons, Nathan Drake. 

In a frank interview, Holland acknowledged that "there are elements of my performance in Uncharted where I kind of fell under that spell of being ‘I want to look good now' rather than 'playing a character'".

“As soon as you start worrying about ‘Do I look good in this shot?’ acting becomes something other than playing a character," Holland told GQ. "I think there are elements of my performance in Uncharted where I kind of fell under that spell of being ‘I want to look good now. I want this to be my cool moment'.

The long-awaited action-adventure film will serve as a backstory for Nathan Drake, the protagonist of the video games of the same name. Tom Holland stars as fortune hunter Nathan Drake, while Mark Wahlberg is Victor “Sully” Sullivan, Nathan’s future mentor. The supporting cast includes Antonio Banderas, Grey’s Anatomy’s Sophia Taylor Ali, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Tati Gabrielle. It wrapped filming in October

The perpetually unlucky Uncharted movie was delayed due to the spread of coronavirus last year, with executives halting pre-production – originally "for at least six weeks" – because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Venom's Ruben Fleischer was the seventh (and thankfully final) director tied to the film, which is due to hit the big screen in 2022.

Holland openly praised the Uncharted movie script, calling it "one of the best scripts [he's] ever read." It was written by Hollywood duo Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, who wrote Iron Man, Transformers: The Last Knight, and Men In Black: International together. While we wait for the Uncharted movie to arrive, here's our roundup of all the upcoming video game movies.

Vikki Blake
Weekend Reporter, GamesRadar+

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