What Tom Holland has said about Edith Cavell
1 quote · 1 episode · May 27, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Edith Cavell once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland suggests Cavell, steeped in Christian martyr narratives, was conscious of playing the role of a martyr.
“I feel that she, you know, she is aware of the script in a situation like this”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 39:03
Episodes
674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4)The Rest Is History · May 27, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the life, resistance work, trial and 1915 execution of British nurse Edith Cavell in German-occupied Belgium, and her posthumous legend.
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