It turns out that Mr. Holland actually served as the stand in for the creature in A Monster Calls — which was added into the film digitally in post-production.
According to a new report from THR, it appears that Tom Holland helped bring the titular monster in A Monster Calls to life during the film’s production.
There aren’t too many giant, Groot-like monsters walking around with Liam Neeson’s voice, so finding someone to double for the film’s outlandish creature was a fairly important job for director J.A. Bayona when crafting the film.
The movie recently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and astute audience members noticed a brief shout out to the Web-Head in the film’s credits.