The 30-year-old is currently in full swing promoting The Odyssey – the new epic blockbuster from director Sir Christopher Nolan that grossed $200 million in its opening weekend. Now that the promotion tour is over, he heads straight for the dance floor to prepare for one of the biggest challenges of his career.
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Tom has taken the round at the morning shows:
“Now I feel like I’m at the start of a new chapter, where I can no longer get away with playing a teenager.
“What I love about my job is the challenges. We have Fred Astaire next, which is the plan. And as soon as I’m done with these tours, I plunge right back into the dance studio.
Tom has already had his first exercises – and admits that the emotions are a bit on the outside of his clothes.
“I had the first rehearsals recently, and it gave me immense joy and deep horror, because I have so much work ahead of me to do justice to Fred,” he says.
And Tom is determined to do the job himself – without dancing doubles.
“I have a strong desire not to use doubles, to do all the dancing myself, and to film the dance numbers in one take – just as he himself would have done it.
“The Odyssey felt more like a reconstruction than a movie set
At the same time, Tom has recently spoken warmly about the experience of recording The Odyssey, and compares the recording to something completely unique.
He shares the screen with greats such as Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya and Charlize Theron – and Tom admits that he was stunned by the scale of the project.
To Extra, he said:
“I remember we were standing on a beach in Morocco, and I came to the set. The director’s assistant said: “Just go that way, and you’ll get to the crew in the end.” It felt like I was walking for ages… It was like a boat, thousands of extras, the Troy horse, bonfires, everything – but no crew. I couldn’t see a soul. So I just left.
“Eventually, I started to see radios and equipment… It’s the exact opposite of how a film set usually is. It felt more like a reenactment than a film recording.
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