ITEM!: So far I’ve got two volunteers who’ve stepped forward to help witness the Ubercross Abecedaria. I wouldn’t say no to a few more, though, just to be on the safe side!
ITEM!: I think I may’ve stumbled onto the most prominent name-initial combo in Hollywood. Tom H. is shared by Tom Hanks, Tom Hardy, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Holland, and Tom Hollander, all of whom are major stars. Well…Hollander’s close. Search IMDb for more and you’ll find a few other actors who’ve appeared in stuff you’ve probably heard of: Tom Hopper, Tom Hulce, Tom Hughes, Tom Hallick.
The name “Tom” (slash-“Thomas”) is common, but not that common—it ranks ninth in terms of male names over the last century. The first is “James.” And you’d expect the S. initial, most common for last names overall, to be more fertile ground in this context. But the James/Jimmy S. combo peters out after James Spader and Jimmy Stewart, and nothing else I try gets more than a couple of A-list names.
Hanks is the most celebrated Tom H. of the bunch, an Academy darling whose career stretches back to the Eighties. You’d think he’d be the center of the Tom H. universe. But the only Tom H. who has intersected with multiple other Tom H.’s is Holland, due to his time as Spider-Man. He and Hiddleston appeared in both Avengers: Infinity War (where they both died) and Avengers: Endgame (where they both un-died).
Tom Hardy has played Venom, usually a Spider-Man villain, in two movies without ever meeting Spider-Man. In the Tom Holland vehicle Spider-Man: No Way Home, Hardy’s Venom shows up in an after-credits sequence, implying that we might one day achieve the dream: a movie where two Tom H.’s show up on the screen at the same time.
(Poster for a made-up movie created for the Fanon Wiki.)
Anything can happen, right?