Spider-Man Star Caught In Indian Twitter Storm Mix-up

[Lonewarrior]

"Spider-Man" star Tom Holland was grappling with an angry Twitter storm in India on Friday in a case of mistaken cyber identity.

A historian with the Twitter handle @holland_tom tweeted a post mocking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday after a huge cricket stadium was renamed after him.

"I'm a huge admirer of the modesty Modi showed in naming the world's largest cricket stadium after himself," the tweet said.

The post prompted an angry backlash in India, where people mistook the Twitter account with that of another Tom Holland -- the 24-year-old British star of the "Spider-Man" series of Marvel movies -- whose handle is @TomHolland1996.

Soon the hashtag #BoycottSpiderMan started trending in the country of 1.3 billion people.

"This is India's internal matter. We will teach you a lesson of lifetime. #boycottspiderman," said one user in response to the historian's tweet.

"You conspirator, conspiring against global leader (Modi). You just wait, Delhi police is coming for you," said another.

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[Bewal Express]

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Who the hell are the Delhi Police? Have ordinary Inds started to believe the Hindutuva hype about being a Super Power?

 

[street cricketer]

Hope an FIR wasn't filed against the Spiderman.

 

[ahmedzee]

Omg! Quite embarrassing for Indians. Hilarious though! Also agree with Tom Holland here, real show of humility by modi, for naming stadium after him. Why not name a cricket stadium after a cricketer?

 

[The Viper]

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What a blunder!

 

[GenericBrand]

Staying classy as usual

 

[amax]

Indian nationalist cyber force which also has a good dose of Hindutva is a new phenomena in online world and Pakistan is taking the biggest burnt of it , everywhere online its not possible to have open breathing space in any pakistan related discussion , sooner of later the world will realize what big threat is pakistan countering with valour on every front from a country of 1.4 billion.

 

[Bigboii]

Indian nationalist cyber force which also has a good dose of Hindutva is a new phenomena in online world and Pakistan is taking the biggest burnt of it , everywhere online its not possible to have open breathing space in any pakistan related discussion , sooner of later the world will realize what big threat is pakistan countering with valour on every front from a country of 1.4 billion.

Agreed the online space for a Pakistani is a very hard space to navigate and it'll continue to go down that way

 

[Civil]

Lolollll Spidey senses tingling with massive dose of Hindutva.