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Anne Hathaway is praising Tom Holland as someone she would like her children to grow up like
The expectant actress stars as Penelope, mother of Holland’s character Telemachus, in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Hathaway revealed last month that she and her husband Adam Shulman are expecting baby number three
Anne Hathaway has high hopes for her children after working with Tom Holland.
In a new interview with CTV’s e-talk, the 43-year-old Odyssey actress, who is expecting baby number three with husband Adam Shulman, revealed she’d love for the couple’s kids to be as kind as her co-star, 30.
Holland sat beside Hathaway for the joint interview as the reporter asked the expectant actress how she brings her “mother energy” to the Christopher Nolan-directed film, in which she stars as Penelope, the mother of Holland’s Telemachus.
“Well, first of all, I have to say as a mom in real life, I very much hope all of my children grow up to be as wonderful as my onscreen child,” Hathaway said, motioning to Holland, who nearly spat out his drink while laughing at her comment.
She continued, “Tom is like a dream son. And that, honestly, is kind of like the key to it. We have this amazing script, brilliant actors.”
“But also, I just really like Tom,” Hathaway said with a laugh, adding that she also loves her co-star Matt Damon, who portrays King Odysseus in the upcoming film.
“And I love Chris, and so I just feel like even though this was this big, epic movie, it was really grounded in, like, intimate appreciation of each other, respect for each other,” she added. “I don’t think any of us wanted to let Chris down. So I think we all just kind of harnessed our highest strength and our highest passion, and we just tried to be an actor that was worthy of being in a Chris Nolan movie.”
Hathaway — who was named PEOPLE’s World’s Most Beautiful 2026 — revealed that she and Shulman, 45, were pregnant with baby number three via social media on June 19.
“x Baby, I’m yours x,” the Mother Mary actress captioned an Instagram clip of her appearing onscreen in a crop top and flowy skirt to reveal her newest baby bump.
Hathaway and Shulman are already parents to sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6, and are known to keep their family life private.
Despite Hathaway’s affinity for Holland, the Devil Wears Prada 2 star previously told WSJ Magazine in March 2022 that she would advise against her kids becoming child stars.
Anne Hathaway at the London Photocall for “The Odyssey” on July 5, 2026 in London, England.
Credit: Grant Buchanan/Dave Benett/WireImage
“I would probably take the same tack that my parents did with me, which is: You have all the time in the world to be a professional actor; you can only be a child once. So I would encourage them to study, to go to classes, to read,” she told the publication, adding, “but I would strongly discourage them from starting too young. I think that they’ll be in a position where they’ll be able to go to college and figure out where they want to go from there.”
The Odyssey is Nolan’s retelling of the Homer epic of the same name, and follows the hero Odysseus’ 10-year journey home after the Trojan War.
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In addition to Hathaway, Holland, and Damon, 55, Nolan’s all-star cast includes Elliot Page, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Mia Goth, Lupita Nyong’o, John Leguizamo, Travis Scott and more.
The Odyssey arrives in theaters on July 17.
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