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Tom Holland's Romeo and Juliet debut sparks outrage as desperate fans battle for tickets

Fans of Spiderman actor Tom Holland were left raging as they battled thousands of others to secure tickets to see the star take to the West End for Romeo and Juliet

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Tom Holland fans were not impressed by the scramble for tickets(Image: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock)

Tom Holland fans went into meltdown as they scrambled to bag tickets for his West End return.

The Hollywood actor is returning to London's theatre scene for Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. He will be taking the romantic lead role of Romeo Montague at the Duke Of York Theatre for three months this summer. Tom is best known for playing the role of Peter Parker, aka Spiderman, in the Marvel franchise.

The role of Juliet is yet to be announced, yet fans fought on Tuesday morning to secure their tickets for the show. Pre-sale went live at 8am, with thousands joining the online queue. Yet many fans were frustrated with the amount of other people trying to get their own tickets.

[Holland hit the big time in 2015 after signing a six-film deal with Marvel Studios]

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Tom started off on the West End in Billy Elliot(Image: Getty Images)

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The actor went on to star as Spiderman and dates co-star Zendaya (Image: Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Taking to X - formerly Twitter - one said: "Been in the tom holland romeo & juliet queue for an hour already and theres still 21k people ahead of me." Another added: "About to go to war (trying to get tickets to see romeo & juliet starring tom holland)." Someone else commented: "Anyone else's place in the Tom Holland Romeo & Juliet queue suddenly not moving??"

A fourth fumed: "they say theres still tix for romeo + juliet w tom holland but WHY IS THE QUEUE STILL NOT MOVING." A fan quipped: "Fighting for my life trying to get Romeo & Juliet tickets with 10k people in front of me." Someone else added: "Ok the queue numbers for Romeo & Juliet are beyond ridiculous."

The play will run from Saturday, May 11 to Saturday, August 3. Director Jamie Lloyd said: "Tom Holland is one of the greatest, most exciting young actors in the world. It is an honour to welcome him back to the West End." Tom started his career in Billy Elliot: The Musical at Victoria Palace Theatre in 2008 before landing his huge blockbuster role as Spiderman.

He has not been on stage since playing Billy Elliot and will star alongside Harry Potter's Alfred Enoch, Sir Ian McKellen, Game Of Thrones' Sean Bean and Richard Madden. Tom recently shared how he is his own "best critic" as he watches his own TV and movie projects.

The actor met his girlfriend Zendaya on the set of Spiderman as she played Peter Parkers friend and love interest MJ. Tom confessed it was the movie Spider-Man: Homecoming where they fell in love while filming that has captured their hearts. They watch it occasionally together to relive the early days of their relationship.

Zendaya and I will, every now and then, watch Spider-Man 1 and reminisce about being 19 and making those movies again, he told Extra. The British actor said he tries not to watch them as often as he would like because its so special, and admitted it was such a gift to be able to sit down and sort of relive your youth. He also joked Zendaya has watched his Apple TV+ miniseries, The Crowded Room more times than I would have expected her to see it, and admitted he watches his own projects as he stated: I sometimes think I am my best critic.

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