{"id":486716,"date":"2026-02-17T23:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/486716\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:22:09","slug":"zendaya-opens-up-about-her-and-tom-hollands-differing-thoughts-on-robert-pattinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/486716\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya Opens Up About Her and Tom Holland&#8217;s Differing Thoughts on Robert Pattinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zendaya and fianc\u00e9 Tom Holland had differing thoughts about her The Drama costar Robert Pattinson<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Euphoria star originally said she found Pattinson &#8220;mysterious&#8221; before her fianc\u00e9 revealed he finds him &#8220;super fun and always laughing&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zendaya, Holland, and Pattinson will appear in this year&#8217;s The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan&#8217;s film adaptation of the ancient epic by Homer<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/zendaya-coleman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zendaya;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zendaya<\/a> may have gotten the wrong idea about Robert Pattinson when they first met.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Costars Zendaya, 29, and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/robert-pattinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robert Pattinson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Robert Pattinson<\/a> interviewed each other in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/film\/robert-pattinson-and-zendaya-enter-the-unknown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cover story for Interview,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cover story for Interview,<\/a> where the two opened up about working together on their new film The Drama, and how Zendaya&#8217;s fianc\u00e9, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/tom-holland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tom Holland;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tom Holland<\/a>, had a totally different view of the Twilight star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think it\u2019s interesting, because you probably know what I thought about you before I met you, but I don\u2019t think I asked you what you thought about me,&#8221; Zendaya said to Pattinson, 39.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Truthfully, I met you because we had common friends, and you were always pretty quiet and chill, which is a little different from my experience of Rob,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;You didn\u2019t say much, and I was like, &#8216;Ooh, mysterious!&#8217; Then I talked to Tom and he was like, &#8216;No, he\u2019s super fun and always laughing and joking,&#8217; and I was like, &#8216;Really? I haven\u2019t experienced that side of him, I guess.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Tom Holland and Zendaya in 2021. Emma McIntyre\/Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"356\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/597e0dff9f4201620af0b0c807d47169.jpeg\"\/>Tom Holland and Zendaya in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Emma McIntyre\/Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;That\u2019s so depressing. I wish I could stay in the mysterious. I\u2019ve learned again and again that if you just don\u2019t speak, people are like, &#8216;Wow. You\u2019re really intimidating,&#8217; but I just can\u2019t f\u2014ing maintain it,&#8221; said Pattinson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You maintained it for a while, until we made a few movies together,&#8221; Zendaya replied. The two are costarring in three movies this year, The Drama, Dune: Part Three, and The Odyssey, which also stars Holland, 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zendaya and Holland got <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/zendaya-tom-holland-engaged-8681920\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:engaged in January 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">engaged in January 2025 <\/a>, four years after the pair confirmed their relationship. Holland and Pattinson are longtime friends, costarring in the 2020 Netflix drama <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/tom-holland-and-robert-pattinson-star-in-netflixs-creepy-the-devil-all-the-time-trailer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Devil All the Time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Devil All the Time<\/a>. Last year, Holland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/article\/tom-holland-prada-paradigme-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:spoke to;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">spoke to <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/article\/tom-holland-prada-paradigme-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GQ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">GQ<\/a> about their friendship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI love Rob to death, he&#8217;s a good friend of mine. We just made\u00a0another\u00a0movie together,&#8221; said Holland.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Tom Holland and Zendaya in 2024. James Devaney\/GC Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"841\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4a99d0c51802a47d8e05a4c65806aa92.jpeg\"\/>Tom Holland and Zendaya in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>James Devaney\/GC Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for Pattinson&#8217;s impression of Zendaya, he hesitated to share.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My impression of you? You know what? I can\u2019t tell if this is kind of offensive or not,&#8221; Pattinson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Do you know how people always ask, &#8216;Do you feel a responsibility to be an example to your fans?&#8217; I think you\u2019re a good example to the youth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Robert Pattinson in November 2025. Kristina Bumphrey\/Variety via Getty\u00a0\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/63542ca7301ee65c2081720bcbc6e68c.jpeg\"\/>Robert Pattinson in November 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Kristina Bumphrey\/Variety via Getty <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In The Drama, Zendaya and Pattinson star as an engaged couple whose wedding planning takes a dramatic turn after a shocking revelation. Though she&#8217;s starred in plenty of blockbusters, Zendaya says she&#8217;d rather skip the promotional cycle of movies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;If it was possible for people to just go see something without having to promote it, that would be great. Unfortunately, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s our reality,&#8221; she shared to Pattinson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;When I hear actors talk about their projects, everyone sounds like geniuses to me. I can\u2019t really communicate what I\u2019m trying to do.&#8221; Pattinson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Drama is in theaters April 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/zendaya-opens-up-about-her-and-tom-holland-s-different-thoughts-on-robert-pattinson-11907824\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Zendaya and fianc\u00e9 Tom Holland had differing thoughts about her The Drama costar Robert Pattinson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,13678,34362,121310],"class_list":{"0":"post-486716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-robert-pattinson","13":"tag-tom-holland","14":"tag-zendaya"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}