A historian and author with the same name as a famous actor caused some lighthearted confusion when he raved about Christopher Nolan’s new film.

Tom Holland — no, not that one — says The Odyssey is ‘the best’ movie adaptation of a Greek myth

A historian and author with the same name as a famous actor caused some lighthearted confusion when he raved about Christopher Nolan’s new film.

By Kathleen Perricone

July 7, 2026 7:42 p.m. ET

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Actor Tom Holland as Telemachus in ‘The Odyssey’. Credit:

Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures

- A certain someone named Tom Holland is confusing people on social media with his rave review of *The Odyssey*.

- This Tom Holland isn’t the famous actor who plays Telemachus in Christopher Nolan’s new movie.

- Even more confusing, both Tom Hollands attended the film’s London premiere.

The first reactions to Christopher Nolan’s new movie *The Odyssey* are flooding social media, but one early viewer’s rave review is raising eyebrows — and evoking the Spider-Man-pointing-at-Spider-Man meme.

A verified account for a gentleman named Tom Holland took to X after previewing the epic fantasy film not once, but twice. “It is by some way the best cinematic adaptation of a Greek myth I have ever seen,” gushed Holland, a historian, author, and host of *The Rest Is History* podcast. “It honours Homer while simultaneously making something new of him.”

While many commenters were busy arguing that last point, others couldn’t understand why one of *The Odyssey*’s main cast members — that is, the 30-year-old actor Tom Holland — appeared to be shamelessly promoting his opinion of the movie.

“Bro, you’re in it,” replied one account in a quote tweet that has already racked up 1.5 million views.

“The other Tom Holland on the film starring Tom Holland. Both are superb,” remarked another X user.

“Is it any surprise that you think a Tom Holland movie is good,” asked a follower who later clarified which Tom Holland had his allegiance. “Sir, I’ve been a fan of Tom Holland the historian since the beginning—even before the actor came to stage.”

Tom Holland, the actor, at ‘The Odyssey’ premiere in London.

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In a separate thread, Tom Holland the Historian linked to the *Guardian*’s roundup of film critics praising *The Odyssey*. One follower replied with a screengrab of a quote from Erik Davis from Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes: “Tom Holland continues to prove he can do just about anything.”

“You just wanted people to see this line,” they commented, to which Holland the historian reacted with a winking emoji.

Both the Tom Hollands were at *The Odyssey*’s London premiere, though they apparently didn’t cross paths.

“If Tom Holland meets Tom Holland the universe may implode,” joked an X user.

“Yes, just imagine if that happened,” Holland the historian replied.

“As long as Tom Hollander doesn’t also show up,” cracked another follower, referencing the English actor who has appeared in films like *Pride & Prejudice* and *Bohemian Rhapsody*.

Holland the historian is the award-winning author of both fiction and non-fiction books, including 2023’s *The Wolf-Girl, The Greeks and The Gods*.

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Holland the actor stars in *The Odyssey* as Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, played by Matt Damon.

Making the film, the first to be shot entirely in IMAX, was “nostalgic and futuristic at the same time,” Holland recently told Collider. “It did feel like we went back in a time machine, but a time machine that was both taking us to the future and to the past, which is so Chris Nolan, if you think about it, because the movie felt super nostalgic.”

*The Odyssey* his theaters July 17.

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