![]() I believe Zendaya put it best: Via DECIDER I killed Tom Holland.” But he was adamant about it. There was a moment in rehearsal where we did it with the water for the first time, and he slipped a little bit when he did that flip at the end, and I was like, “Oh, god. The water proved especially tricky:įlora: Dancing in water, it’s scary because it is slippery. “We only did one dress rehearsal with the body suit because then it had to dry,” costume designer Jeanie Cheek explained. Still, there was time for only one full run-through of the performance before the taping. It’s like this wonderful human has fallen out of the sky and on top of that, he really can dance his butt off,” she said. Holland, who has a background in dance (he was in Billy Elliot the Musical), was the exception. Then, when they show up on set, it just really is never the case,” choreographer Danielle Flora told Insider in an oral history of the episode. “Every agent says that their celebrity guest is a great dancer. His medley of “Singin’ in the Rain” by Gene Kelly and “Umbrella” by Rihanna was a viral sensation, with the Spider-Man actor flawlessly transitioning from old school Hollywood to pop music androgyny. Emmy winner Zendaya ( still fun to say) killed it with her lip syncs of “Tyrone” by Erykah Badu and “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars, but the reason the episode is recalled so fondly is because of Tom Holland. Zendaya” is to Lip Sync Battle as “The Suitcase” is to Mad Men. "Once we knew that he was going to be in the Rihanna look, Marvin continued, "we were like, 'Okay, this is about to be the performance of the night.“Tom Holland vs. "And then in the first rehearsal he was like, I'm going to come out and sing 'Singin' in the Rain.' And we all just thought, 'Oh no, that means you're going to be a guy for the rest of it.' And he was like, No, no, no, I want to do a quick change."įortunately, the costume team designed a suit that could be torn off in the middle of the performance, revealing the much more scandalous outfit that, without a doubt, helped propel the bit into pop culture legend. "My first reaction was, 'is he going to dress as Rihanna?' That's what we were all excited about," dancer Marvin Brown said to Insider. Related: Zendaya Says Tom Holland Helped Her Film Tough ‘Euphoria’ Storylines But the more famous was the French maid outfit, including fishnets, that he wore for the much-more famous Rihanna cover. The first was a suit-and-tie to resemble Gene Kelly for his "Singin' In The Rain" bit. Tom Holland had two very different looks on Lip Sync Battle. He's speaking to an audience who wouldn't think twice about him doing a Rihanna song and doing it in tribute to exactly the way that she did it in the video. 'You got Tom super excited about this big, risky idea.' But it was just so organic. "There was a little bit of like, 'Casey, what have you done?' kind of thing. ![]() "Tom has such great taste in music, and we kicked around a lot of ideas, but we pitched him "Umbrella" because we thought we could do "Singin' in the Rain" in the beginning and it would just be a great way to show off the "Billy Elliot" side of him, too. Related: Spider-Man: Freshman Year: Is Tom Holland Returning For The Animated Series? ![]() The writers of the show, as well as Danielle, then compile a list of ideas based on the music and pitch it to Casey Patterson. According to Lip Sync Battle's choreographer, Danielle Flora, in her interview with Insider, every time a celebrity comes on the reality competition show, they are asked to provide a list of music they love listening to. ![]()
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