Tom Holland on The Tonight Show Tom Holland has admitted he had a bit of a “humbling experience” when he tried to get together with football icon Erling Haaland. On Monday, the Bafta winner paid a visit to The Tonight Show, where, naturally, talk quickly turned to the World Cup. “It’s a huge deal for us,” the British actor said, of England qualifying for the semi-finals. “And it really does feel like something is in the air right now. Sometimes in life I just get a feeling, and I have that feeling right now, Jimmy.” During this year’s World Cup, Norway’s Erling Haaland has become one of the most talked-about players in the world, with host Jimmy Fallon putting Tom on the spot about whether rumours that the Spider-Man actor once slid into the footballer’s DMs were true. Erling Haaland “Yes,” Tom confessed. “And I tell you what, that is the exact type of humbling experience that is important for actors. “Like, ‘I’ll text him, I’ll take him for dinner’. Not even a response. Not an excuse, not ‘I’m busy tonight, I’m playing football’. Nada.” Explaining exactly what went down, he continued: “I was at Monaco, I was watching Lewis [Hamilton] race, and I saw [Erling Haaland] in a hospitality suite across from me. “And I just thought I’d shoot my shot. [So, I] sent him a text. I never imagined I’d talk about it on live television, but here we are!” When Jimmy asked Tom if the invitation was still open, he responded: “I don’t think he’d have dinner with me after the other day.” “He’s incredible,” Tom concluded. “He’s an absolute legend.” Erling previously shared his side of the story during an interview on the Norwegian series A-laget, Norway’s equivalent to The Assembly. “This is a bit embarrassing, to be completely honest,” Erling said. “We were in Monaco at the Formula 1, and then I got a message. I don’t watch movies much, so I have no idea who people are. There was one asking if we could go out for dinner, but I’d never seen him, so I didn’t bother to answer. I didn’t want to answer an unknown person.” The Marvel performer is currently gearing up for the release of his new movie The Odyssey, which also features his wife and Spider-Man co-star Zendaya. Also in the star-studded cast are Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson and Matt Damon, who takes the lead as Tom’s on-screen father, Odysseus. READ MORE: Zendaya Recalls Sweet Way Tom Holland Told Her She Was Being Cast In The Odyssey Tom Holland Jumps To The Odyssey's Defence Amid Debate Over Its Use Of Modern Language Tom Holland Turned Down Saturday Night Live Numerous Times Due To Dyslexia Concerns