After the world’s largest cricket stadium known as the Sardar Patel Stadium or the Motera Stadium was renamed as ‘Narendra Modi Stadium,’ cricketer and author Tom Holland took to Twitter to express his views.
Tom Holland tweeted, "I'm a huge admirer of the modesty Modi showed in naming the world's largest cricket stadium after himself."
I’m a huge admirer of the modesty Modi showed in naming the world’s largest cricket stadium after himself.— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 24, 2021
He then added, "Not always a good sign for countries when leaders start pulling that trick...(sic)."
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— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 24, 2021
But his sarcastic tweet didn't sit right with Indian Twitter users that mistook Tom Holland for the Hollywood Spider-Man actor. Holland is a cricketer and an English author who has published best-selling books on classical and medieval history. Due to this misunderstanding, the upcoming Spider-Man movie by Tom Holland, the actor got massive hate for spreading ‘international propaganda' as Indians on the micro-blogging site accused his tweet for being a part of "conspiracy."
Soon #BoycottSpiderman started to trend with many users accusing Holland 'anti-national' and being associated with the ‘toolkit’ controversy.
That's it - I'm never going to watch a Spiderman film again! Some sacrifices have to be made... Country 1st... Movie later https://t.co/05m6Qebzvs— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) February 24, 2021
Okay spiderman— Adithya Nair (@Adithya_murali) February 25, 2021
This is India's internal matter. We will teach you a lesson of lifetime.#boycottspiderman— Propa Genda Jeevi (@beeing_shah) February 24, 2021
what is this sedition https://t.co/udXZbC6O1z— plak (@abIuepen) February 25, 2021
However, a section of Twitter that knew the difference between Holland the actor and Holland the author was in splits.
I am convinced that this is a conspiracy by DC, trying hurt Marvel's revenue from India. #BoycottSpiderman has already started trending in India— V (@GeneralGaddafi_) February 25, 2021
Firstly, this isn't the Holland that you think it is-
Secondly, can't wait to see the hate Spidey's gonna get smh https://t.co/xS7bBeHr5P— Bhoomika (@creatibeeti) February 24, 2021
2 minutes of silence for people who are going to boycott spiderman's upcoming movie without knowing who he is— Sameer Saxena (@Author_Sameer) February 24, 2021
People are gonna boycott spiderman and say support Desi spiderman pic.twitter.com/8HJlVdtd7N— Kat (@katto_rants) February 24, 2021
Ultimately, author Tom Holland decided to take matters into his own hands and set the record straight before things could blow up.
Oh dear - I seem single-handedly to have destroyed prospects for the next Spider-Man in India. https://t.co/VKrO2O8PeO— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 25, 2021
My apologies to @SpiderManMovie. I should have remembered that with great power comes great responsibility.— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 25, 2021
Just for the record, & to save Marvel’s profits in India, I freely acknowledge that Narendra Modi is a man of immense humility, and that his naming the world’s largest cricket stadium after himself is in no way quite hilariously immodest.— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) February 25, 2021
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