&34;Sometimes you are met with those challenges when developing a character,&34; Holland adds. Tom Holland opens up about being diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia

"Sometimes you are met with those challenges when developing a character," Holland adds.

Tom Holland opens up about being diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia: 'It can be slightly intimidating'

"Sometimes you are met with those challenges when developing a character," Holland adds.

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September 3, 2025 2:28 p.m. ET

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Tom Holland at The 29th Critics' Choice Awards on Jan. 14, 2024. Credit:

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Play is incredibly important to Tom Holland.

The Marvel actor, who currently stars in a new LEGO short film that promotes the importance of play, recently spoke with IGN about how the message is particularly special to him after being diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia.

"I think [play] really does help. I have ADHD and I'm dyslexic, and I find sometimes when someone gives me a blank canvas that it can be slightly intimidating," Holland told the outlet. "Sometimes you are met with those challenges when developing a character."

Tom Holland on the set of 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' on Aug. 3, 2025.

The *Cherry* star said that he believes in tapping into his inner child through "play" in order to get himself prepared for any given role.

"Any way that you can, as a young person or as an adult, interact with something that forces you to be creative and forces you to think outside the box and make changes," he continued. "I think that the more we do that sort of stuff, the better."

Holland has previously opened up about working with his dyslexia, which he was diagnosed with at age seven.

"My dyslexia, it's really just my spelling," he explained during an appearance on Jay Shetty's *On Purpose* podcast in July 2023.

The *Uncharted *star credited his parents, Dominic Holland and Nikki Holland, for their support. "My spelling was really the biggest hurdle. I worked really hard at school. I didn't do particularly well, but my parents said, 'As long as you try your best.'"

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The star has become a model example for fans struggling with similar endeavors. Not only has Holland managed to overcome his disorders, but he's thriving in a career that allows him to be as creative as he wants.

Holland is currently hard at work bringing everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood Spider-Man back in action in the upcoming *Spider-Man: Brand New Day*.

The highly-anticipated Spider-Man film is Holland's fourth solo outing as everyone's favorite wall crawler, and his seventh overall film as Peter Parker since he debuted as the character in 2016's *Captain America: Civil War*. In addition to appearing in the two-part *Infinity Saga* finale — 2018's *Avengers: Infinity War* and 2019's *Avengers: Endgame* — he starred in three solo Spider-Man movies: 2017's *Homecoming*, 2019's *Far From Home*, and 2021's *No Way Home*.

Tom Holland on 'Spider-Man Brand New Day' set in Marvel behind-the-scenes footage.

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When we last saw Spider-Man, he had saved the multiverse by allowing the entire world to forget the existence of his true identity. Though Peter came out victorious, *No Way Home* ended on a somber note, with him visiting his girlfriend, MJ (Zendaya), and his BFF, Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon), neither of whom remember who he is.

As the memory reset also stripped Peter of his access to the Avengers and the high-tech resources left by his mentor, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), he will be back to superhero basics in Brand New Day.

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Marvel has been teasing fans with footage of the star filming Spider-Man's return to the MCU, which is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, who previously helmed *Short Term 12* and Marvel's *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings*. The film will also star Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Michael Mando as the Scorpion, and *Stranger Things* star Sadie Sink in an undisclosed role.

"You know, it's funny, putting the suit on… It feels different this time, somehow," Holland said in previously released behind-the-scenes footage of the star putting that "play" into work during his first day back on set. "I'm just going to do my best. Hopefully get it right. No pressure."

*Spider-Man: Brand New Day* is the next MCU flick on the docket, landing in theaters on July 31, 2026.**

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