Tom Holland finally gets reply from Erling Haaland: Here's full story
Haaland accept Holland's dinner invitation after weeks of ignoring him
Published July 18, 2026
British actor Tom Holland has finally received a response to his dinner invitation to Norwegian footballer Erling Haaland after being left on read for weeks.
The Spider-Man actor recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Falon for the promotion of his Christopher Nolan-directed film The Odyssey and shared the story of how he got “humbled” by the 25-year-old Manchester City striker.
Holland said he was attending the Monaco Grand Prix last month when he spotted the footballer in a nearby hospitality suite and left him a message to hang out.
The 30-year-old acting sensation said, “This is the exact type of humbling experience that is important for actors. Like, ‘I’ll text him, take him for dinner.’ Not even a response. Not an excuse, not ‘I am busy tonight, I am playing football.’ NADA.”
In the Norwegian striker's defense, he revealed that he rarely watches movies and didn’t know who Tom Holland was, adding, “I had never seen him, so I didn’t bother to answer his text.”
However, Haaland has now accepted Holland’s invitation. Commenting on the Tonight Show’s post, the footballer wrote, “Dinner invitation accepted @tomholland2013. A little late … just name the place.”
