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The Crowded Room: Trailer, Cast, Plot, Release Date

Tom Holland Responds to "The Crowded Room" Being "So Horribly Reviewed"

Jun 28 2023

Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, and Emmy Rossum join forces in their Apple TV+ drama, "The Crowded Room," which premiered on 9 June. The show stars Holland as a teen struggling with the fallout of a violent crime. Unfortunately, it's been critically panned by reviewers and the Spider-Man star is aware of it — not that he's letting it get to him.

During a 23 June interview with Unilad, Holland revealed that being a die-hard fan of Tottenham Hotspur FC (which has never won the Premier League) has made him extremely resilient. "I think being a Tottenham fan is somewhat like being in 'The Crowded Room.' It has taught me resilience," he said. "Tottenham has never won anything and supporting them is incredibly difficult. It's no secret my show has been so horribly reviewed, but I'm here today to promote the show and I'm still here. I'm very resilient. It's a good quality."

Apple TV+ unveiled the first trailer on 10 May, and in it, Holland's character Danny Sullivan is arrested for his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979. Seyfried then enters as Rya Goodwin, the cop sent to investigate the shooting who uncovers details about his past that make her see the crime in a new way. The miniseries was created by writer and producer Akiva Goldsman, known for his work on "A Beautiful Mind," and Holland serves alongside Goldsman as an executive producer.

Holland opened up about the role in a 9 May interview with Entertainment Weekly, telling the outlet that the role has been "so informative to my own life." The "Spider-Man" star said that he was actually taking a break from acting when his agent called him about the project. "'It sounds like your dreams are coming true,'" he remembered his agent saying.

"It's a show that will take you on twists and turns — you'll never know where you are or what's going on — and then it will all come to a miraculous conclusion toward the end," he explained of the series. "It's a story about heartbreak. It's a story about love. It's a story about betrayal. And, most of all, it's a story about a young kid's determination to survive."

Ahead, here's everything to know about "The Crowded Room."

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"The Crowded Room" Trailer

Apple TV+ released the full trailer for "The Crowded Room" on 10 May.

"The Crowded Room" Cast

"The Crowded Room" stars Holland as Danny Sullivan, a man arrested in 1979 after a New York shooting, and Seyfried as interrogator Rya Goodwin. Emmy Rossum, Sasha Lane, Will Chase, Lior Raz, Laila Robins, Henry Eikenberry, Jason Isaacs, Christopher Abbott, Thomas Sadoski, and Zachary Golinger round out the cast.

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"The Crowded Room" Plot

"The Crowded Room" is reportedly inspired by the true story of Billy Milligan, who was arrested for raping three women in Ohio in 1975, as per Collider. Milligan was later diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, and became the first person to be acquitted on the basis of that disorder.

The show is an adaption of Daniel Keyes's 1981 novel "The Minds of Billy Milligan," which is based on the case, though the Apple TV+ series alters most of the details, changing Milligan's name to Danny Sullivan and changing his crime to a shooting. It follows Sullivan's interrogation, interspersing that with flashbacks to his upbringing.

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"The Crowded Room" Release Date

Three episodes of "The Crowded Room" will premiere on Apple TV+ on 9 June, and new episodes will air weekly until 28 July.

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"The Crowded Room" First-Look Photos

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