Tom Holland Explains Why He's Turned Down Multiple Requests to Host Saturday Night Live
Tom Holland said he has turned down multiple hosting offers because dyslexia makes live cue cards and last-second script changes difficult.
- Tom Holland, 30, admitted he is "petrified" about hosting Saturday Night Live because of his dyslexia, revealing on the Good Hang podcast this week that he has turned down multiple offers to host the show.
- Since 1975, SNL has relied on handwritten cue cards that often change at the last minute, a format described as "foolproof" for avoiding technical issues but one that presents significant challenges for those with dyslexia.
- "For me, I can read fine, but when I have to read out loud, it just becomes like a mental block, and I can freeze," Holland told Poehler on the podcast.
- Poehler encouraged Holland, saying, "You have to remember, there have been people that have hosted that have been fully on drugs. So I think you can do it."
- Other stars have similarly declined SNL hosting: Mark Ruffalo admitted "It scares me" regarding dyslexia concerns, and Orlando Bloom turned down a slot in 2019 citing his own struggles with the disorder.
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Actor Tom Holland revealed that dyslexia is one of the main reasons why he never accepted the invitations to present the traditional American humor program Saturday Night Live. The statement was made during participation in the podcast "Good Hang", led by the humorist and former member of the cast of the program, Amy Poehler.
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