Zendaya Explains Why She Feels a Connection to Spider-Man’s Double Life
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Zendaya is no stranger to Spider-Man’s struggles. Sure, she’s not fighting off scores of supervillains, but in a new behind-the-scenes featurette from the Spider-Man: No Way Home set, the actor explained why she’s always felt linked to the demand of Peter Parker’s double life.
“I’ve always been a fan of Spider-Man; he’s always been my favorite superhero because I think at the end of the day, he’s just a kid and he has to live this double life,” she said. “In many ways, I can relate to that, having started in the industry so early.”
ICYMI, Zendaya got her start in acting on the Disney Channel, where she starred as Rocky Blue in Shake It Up. She was 14 years old when the show premiered. From then on, her career never lulled as she took the lead in her own Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover, starred in a number of Disney Channel original movies, then took on notable roles in projects such as The Greatest Showman, Euphoria, and, of course, the Spider-Man trilogy.
“Really, I’m just like, ‘I’m just a kid, you know, I’m just figuring it out as I go,’ but I also [have] this other, extraordinary, crazy life simultaneously, so I’ve always connected to Peter Parker in that way,” she continued. “And I think everyone can.”
In the clip from Sony Pictures, Zendaya also explored the journey of her character MJ throughout the three Spider-Man films.
“With MJ, it’s been really fun. In the first movie, being this guarded, quiet, mysterious character that we know nothing about to watching the love story begin with her and Peter at the end of Far from Home and then now, seeing how being with Peter has really opened her up,” she shared. “He brings out this hopeful, positive, more gooey side of her, and I think it’s really sweet to watch how they bring out these different parts of each other and rely on each other in different ways.”
According to a New York Times interview with Spider-Man producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal, Spider-Man 4 is reportedly happening. Neither Tom Holland nor Zendaya has confirmed or denied if they would reprise their roles. But come on, after Z’s description, how can we not beg for them back on our screens together?!
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