Month: February 2022

February 10, 2022

Celebrity Q&A: Tom Holland

Tom Holland is an English actor who has starred as Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far from Home and, the most recent one, Spider-Man: No Way Home.



Q: What are your thoughts on executing almost all of your own stunts?
A: I don’t do everything. There are some things that I just can’t do, and I am very happy for my double to do it if he can do it better. If there is a version of the stunt where it just looks better with him doing it, then he should do it for the sake of the movie.

—Source: Coup de Main

Q: What is your favorite Spider-Man costume?
A: The homemade one, since it was much more comfortable.

—Source: Coup de Main

Q: How does Peter feel towards M.J.?
A: I think it’s really nice for him to have someone to lean on and how Peter accepts M.J. for who she is.

—Source: Coup de Main

Q: Has Peter Parker matured in any way?
A: I think we are seeing a very similar Peter Parker to the one we saw in Spider-Man: Homecoming. I really enjoyed in the first one the aspect of seeing a teen with superpowers. I really want that to come across again. He is still a teen, who just wants to enjoy himself.

—Source: Coup de Main

Q: What is your favorite Christmas movie?

A: One of my favorite Christmas movies since I have a strong connection with it, because of my mom, would be Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds.

February 10, 2022

What are You Proud of? 

Success, achievement, advancement, and ego follow you. You are predestined to have something you are proud of. In this platform, you have the opportunity to share what makes you feel proud, in up to 250 words. (Send your stories to our Driftwood advisor.) Poetry, stories, essays, narratives, and plays are some of the many forms of writing. You may use any of these forms of writing to express yourself. 

The final forensics competition took place at UW-Madison. I was in my senior year of high school, waiting in sweaty anticipation as I listened for the judges to call my name. Out of the many options, I chose to write a “moments in history” speech, discussing Eisenhower’s address to the American people over Stalin’s death. “My voice will sound horrible. I could mess up,” my mind trembled. I began to doubt myself, and doubt led to fear. When my time came, however, my soul became on fire as I passionately delivered my speech. After the eight minutes of my lecture, I sat back down at the desk, slightly dissatisfied. The judge scribbled down some notes and graded my performance, although I could not see the results until later. When those results came in, however, I found that I came nearly one point away from the highest score. If it were for only one more point, I could have attained a gold pin; nevertheless I was satisfied in the fact that I was not mediocre in my act.

—Connor Tuthill, Student Success Editor