1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,894 Before the red carpets, before the Emmys, 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,054 before her name became shorthand for a certain kind 5 00:00:12,120 --> 00:00:16,640 of fearlessness, she was just a kid from Oakland who liked to move. 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,454 She didn't know it yet, but she would 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,214 spend the next two decades making moves over 8 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,574 and over in front of larger and larger audiences. 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,294 This is the story of how a kid from the Bay Area became one of the 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,760 defining performers of her generation. 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,160 Not by accident and not all at once, 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,480 but through a series of deliberate choices, 13 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,654 most of them made before she was old enough to vote. 14 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,934 Zendaya Marie Stormer Coleman was born on September 1st, 15 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:19,720 1996 in Oakland, the youngest of six children in a close blended family. 16 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,574 Her father Kazembe is African American and her 17 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,120 mother Claire grew up in the Midwest. 18 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,414 Zendaya has set her name, which means to 19 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,534 give thanks in Shona, a language of Zimbabwe 20 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,414 and was chosen deliberately, a small act of 21 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,960 honoring heritage before she'd done anything to be thankful for. 22 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,294 Both of her parents were teachers. 23 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,614 Money was tight in the early years, and 24 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,814 when Claire took a job managing the house 25 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,934 at the California Shakespeare Theater in nearby Orenda, 26 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,894 it wasn't a glamorous career move. 27 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,374 It was a way to help support six kids, but it changed the trajectory of the 28 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:58,440 youngest one's life. 29 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,174 Zendaya grew up backstage. 30 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,414 While her mother sold raffle tickets and seated 31 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,574 patrons, her daughter watched Shakespeare from the wings 32 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,134 night after night, absorbing the rhythm of a 33 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,200 live audience before she understood a word of the language. 34 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,734 She trained at the theater's own conservatory program, 35 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:21,534 then later at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. 36 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,934 At the Oakland School for the Arts, a 37 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,254 competitive audition only public school, she majored in theater, 38 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,534 taking stage roles that ranged from a 39 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,454 young girl in a Caribbean folktale to, notably, 40 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,760 a male lead in the musical Caroline or Change. 41 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,454 Outside the theater world, she found two more 42 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,534 disciplines, three years dancing hip hop with the 43 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,614 Bay Area Troupe Future Shock Oakland and hula 44 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,000 training at the Academy of Hawaiian Arts. 45 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,734 None of it was casual. 46 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,134 Between theater, hip hop, hula, and a run 47 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,734 of modeling and commercial work, the young Zendaya was, 48 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,734 in effect, already a working performer years 49 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,654 before Hollywood found her, showing up, rehearsing, hitting 50 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,974 marks, absorbing notes. 51 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,014 Her parents didn't push her into show business 52 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,254 so much as they built a structure around 53 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,654 a kid who wanted to be there anyway. 54 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,000 Discipline first, ambition second. 55 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,454 It's a childhood that, on paper, looks unremarkable, 56 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,814 a working-class family, a public art school, 57 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,574 community theater, but it produced something specific, a 58 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:32,654 performer who understood, long before fame arrived, that 59 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,454 talent without discipline goes nowhere. 60 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,694 That lesson would carry her through every version 61 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,894 of the career still to come. 62 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,134 My mom, she used to work at the California Shakespeare Theater. 63 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,134 So I always grew up around the theater, 64 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,454 and that's kind of where I really started 65 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,094 to really fall in love with the arts and things like that. 66 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,094 But I knew I really wanted to be 67 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,774 on Disney Channel when Hannah Martinez first came out. 68 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,054 I was in my room, I was in like fourth grade or something like that, and 69 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,574 I was in my room and I was just watching on my television, 70 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,574 and then all of a sudden I started crying. 71 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,254 And I was crying because I wasn't up there, and I felt like it wasn't fair 72 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,054 that she was doing what I really wanted to do, but I wasn't up there. 73 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,760 So that's when I kind of knew I wanted to be on Disney Channel. 74 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:20,414 In 2010, at 13 years old, Zendaya won the role of Rocky Blue in a new 75 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,134 Disney Channel series called Shake It Up, 76 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:28,214 about two friends in Chicago who become dancers on a local TV show. 77 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:30,054 I think we're just, we're just like our 78 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,734 character except for the fact that my mom is not a cop. 79 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,280 I do not have a younger brother, I have an older one. 80 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,334 Yeah, I think I'm basically just like my character. 81 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,174 I act a lot like her, and the only thing different is I don't dress like 82 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,534 her a lot, but that's it. 83 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,494 Basically, we're like kind of the same person. 84 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,160 We're technically the same person. 85 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:55,134 It was, in a sense, a role built for exactly the skill set she'd spent years 86 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:56,174 accumulating. 87 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,014 A dancer's body, a trained performer's ease on 88 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,200 camera, and none of the visible nerves of a first-timer. 89 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:04,214 Me, I was extremely shy. 90 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:09,454 If anyone can tell you when she first met me, I was really shy. 91 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,334 We were in the audition, there was a whole bunch of girls, and I just kind 92 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,800 of was in the corner listening to Michael Jackson just by myself. 93 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,574 I was always really shy until I actually 94 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:24,534 moved out of Los Angeles and started doing Shake It Up. 95 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,094 That's when I kind of broke out of my shell actually. 96 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,614 Now I'm not shy at all. 97 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,454 I don't get nervous anymore. 98 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,934 I don't get those butterflies as much, but I like it. 99 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,414 Shake It Up ran for three seasons and 100 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:42,814 turned Zendaya, alongside co-star Bella Thorne, into a bona fide tween idol. 101 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,774 She released her first single in 2011 and 102 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:52,734 her debut solo single, Replay, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013, 103 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,334 a rare crossover for a Disney Channel star of that moment. 104 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:01,054 ♪ Yeah, wanna put this song on replay ♪ 105 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:07,761 ♪ I can listen to you all day ♪ 106 00:06:07,827 --> 00:06:09,974 ♪ Hear you all day ♪ 107 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,614 ♪ Yeah ♪ 108 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,294 Fan conventions, mall tours, magazine spreads, 109 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,814 the machinery of a Disney franchise moved into full gear, 110 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,080 and she moved with it. 111 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,240 If one day we did a pop-up, what would you do? 112 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,240 I would probably be... 113 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,160 Let's see... 114 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:30,720 That's tough. 115 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,840 I couldn't really see myself doing anything else. 116 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,054 What's been the funniest thing that's ever happened on set? 117 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,640 I think one funny thing, I walked into a wall. 118 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:43,934 You walked into a wall? 119 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,534 I walked into a wall. 120 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,134 I was talking to Adam and Zendaya, and Adam plays Deuce, 121 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,254 and I don't know how it happened, but I was looking at them, 122 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,974 and I just straight face into a wall. 123 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,054 And then Zendaya was sitting on my couch with me on set. 124 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,534 Oh, this is a good one. 125 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:01,686 - And she had... - Technically, this is my 126 00:07:01,752 --> 00:07:02,614 embarrassing moment. 127 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,454 Yes, I'm sharing hers because it was really ridiculous. 128 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,894 She had a vitamin water on the couch, and I was like, she had that there. 129 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,334 We're just sitting and relaxing on the computer, 130 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,054 but all of a sudden, I feel like something really cold on my butt. 131 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,414 And I'm like, what is that? 132 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,454 Like, Spilsberg, what is going on? 133 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,374 Look, my entire bottom is covered in vitamin water. 134 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,094 And I was in an outfit that was Ibrahim's clothes, it wasn't mine. 135 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,454 So I had to go on camera, and I had to be in front of an 136 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,334 audience with that wet bottom. 137 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,734 And I was like, oh no, oh no, what am I going to do? 138 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,480 So she had to blow dry her butt. 139 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,654 Bring out her blow dryer. 140 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,334 We blow dyed off so that nobody would 141 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,414 freak out, but wardrobe didn't freak out because they still noticed it. 142 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,654 And I had to go on with... 143 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,694 They rewashed our clothes because it also got 144 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,934 on mine, and it was really cold outside, we were shooting outside. 145 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,974 And I had to go on with wet pants. 146 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,694 Yep, the whole time with wet pants. 147 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,894 I was very, very upset. 148 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,694 Reporters at the time regularly remarked on how 149 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,854 composed she seemed on camera, how unrattled by 150 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,894 repetitive questions, how ready with an answer that 151 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,614 was thoughtful rather than rehearsed. 152 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,894 Some of that was simply a trained performer's 153 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,694 instinct, but it also reflected something her parents 154 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,334 had insisted on from the start, that education 155 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,254 and self-possession mattered as much as the 156 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:29,414 work itself, and that a camera pointed at her was not a reason to stop being 157 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,654 careful, deliberate, or herself. 158 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,694 What do I have coming up next? 159 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,374 Definitely season two of Shake It Up just 160 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,414 premiered, so we're super excited for that. 161 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,200 Super excited for the fans to see what we've been working so hard on. 162 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:41,574 Lots of music. 163 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:42,934 I just came out with my first single, 164 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,774 Swag It Out, so that's doing really well. 165 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,134 Also, I did a single with Bella called Watch Me, and so I'm just working on 166 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,774 my music, trying to make that happen, and 167 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,174 balancing school and life and everything else with it. 168 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,174 Behind the scenes, colleagues from this era have 169 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,974 described a young performer who treated the set 170 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,374 less like a playground and more like a 171 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,414 workplace, arriving prepared, aware of the camera, aware 172 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,054 of the brand she was building in real time. 173 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,614 It was a foundation of professionalism that a 174 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:14,494 great many child stars never get the chance or the guidance to build. 175 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:17,014 For Zendaya, it would prove essential to what 176 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,720 came next, not just staying famous, but staying whole. 177 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,000 Thank you so much. 178 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,454 By her late teens, Zendaya was navigating one 179 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,054 of the most well-documented traps in entertainment, 180 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,600 the transition out of being a Disney kid. 181 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,174 Countless young stars before her had struggled publicly 182 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,774 with that shift, and she seemed acutely, almost 183 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,094 strategically, aware of the pattern, determined not to repeat it. 184 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,174 In 2015, she returned to Disney Channel, this 185 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,854 time on her own terms, starring in and 186 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,814 producing K.C. Undercover, a spy family sitcom 187 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,040 she helped shape from the inside. 188 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:02,800 K.C., are you okay? 189 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:04,400 Yeah, I don't know. 190 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,094 Suddenly, I feel a little sick to my stomach. 191 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,574 It sounds like you have food poisoning. 192 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,920 - What'd you eat? - I don't know, just that pasta that... 193 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:13,600 You made me. 194 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,374 What are you saying? 195 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,694 I'm saying you did this to me. 196 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,014 You poisoned your own daughter. 197 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,494 K.C., do you honestly believe that I would ever poison anyone? 198 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,854 Well, you did it to the enemy agent in Luxembourg. 199 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,280 It's how you got the nomination in the first place. 200 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:28,720 You make me sick to my stomach. 201 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,254 She has spoken publicly about pushing for the 202 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,734 show to center a Black family and for 203 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,414 her character to break from the network's usual 204 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,414 Disney girl mold, an early example of an 205 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,294 instinct that would define her career, not just 206 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,440 accepting roles but negotiating for what those roles represented. 207 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:55,814 That same instinct for choosing her moments carefully is part of why, in 2016, 208 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,934 a 20-year-old Zendaya found herself in the cast 209 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,574 of Beyoncé's Lemonade, the surprise visual album that 210 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,320 became one of the defining cultural statements of the decade. 211 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,814 Zendaya appeared in the all-night segment alongside 212 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,534 a group of young Black actresses and artists 213 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,414 in a project explicitly built around Black womanhood, 214 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,454 resilience, and reclamation. 215 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,854 For a performer who'd spent her whole life 216 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:25,160 idolizing Beyoncé from a distance, it wasn't just a credit on a resume. 217 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,934 She'd later call it a genuine honor to have been part of the project, a rare 218 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,640 instance of the fan and the professional lining up in the same frame. 219 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,480 Pull the sorrow from between my legs like silk, 220 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,574 knot after knot after knot. 221 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,454 It's a small credit in the larger arc 222 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,014 of her career, easy to overlook next to 223 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,680 the Emmys and the movie premieres still to come. 224 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,574 Around the same time she was reshaping her 225 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,774 career on screen, Zendaya was building an entirely 226 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,494 different kind of platform, the red carpet itself. 227 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:04,143 I like the fact that it was kind of like 228 00:12:04,209 --> 00:12:06,414 a simple dress and you can do anything with it. 229 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,574 So it's like, it's more about your, like how you style it. 230 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,334 And so I liked that it was very chic and easy. 231 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,534 It's like a blank canvas and I could just have fun and like, so we decided 232 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,014 to pack on, you know, bracelets and big hoop earrings and crazy hair. 233 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,694 That kind of gives it a look of your own that, you know, anyone can wear 234 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,534 it and do their own thing with it. 235 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:30,134 She met stylist Law Roach when she was just 13 years old. 236 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,614 On the strength of a mutual introduction rather 237 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,774 than any formal industry connection, 238 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:39,414 Roach, a self-taught former vintage shop owner from Chicago, 239 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,240 would later call her his first major client. 240 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,214 What began as an unlikely pairing between a 241 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,454 teenager and a stylist with no established fashion 242 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:52,014 pedigree grew over more than a decade into 243 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:56,974 one of the most influential creative partnerships in modern celebrity fashion. 244 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,534 I have a stylist, he's right over there and we work together. 245 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,774 We're like the dream team. 246 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,854 And basically, you know, he knows my style. 247 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,814 He knows what I'm comfortable with, what I feel. 248 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,174 And we always try to push it a little bit. 249 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,694 So, you know, there's times where I'm like, come on, let's try this. 250 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,214 And he's like, no, I'm not a fan. 251 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,174 And then he ends up loving it. 252 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:14,574 And there's times when he's like, just try this. 253 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:15,974 I'm like, I don't really like it. 254 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,214 And then I'm a fan. 255 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,094 It's just that, you know, push and pull, give and take kind of thing. 256 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,894 Roach began styling Zendaya in vintage couture and 257 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,134 bold archival pieces most stylists wouldn't have risked 258 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,174 on a young star still associated with a kid's network. 259 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,454 Of course, I think it's so important as 260 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,134 somebody who, you know, loves fashion or is 261 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:38,814 interested in fashion to be around it, you know, and actually see it happen. 262 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,334 So it's exciting for me. 263 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,054 Together, they treated red carpets less like photo 264 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,694 opportunities and more like storytelling. 265 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,414 Each look built around a theme, a film's 266 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,734 world, or a cultural reference, turning press tours 267 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,560 into something closer to performance art. 268 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,974 It is by multiple accounts the reasons Zendaya 269 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,254 became one of the only performers of her 270 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:04,254 generation as closely associated with fashion as with acting. 271 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,494 I think fashion is kind of a way for us to express ourselves anyway. 272 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:10,814 So just that coming hand in hand, I think is really, really special. 273 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:11,854 So I'm excited to be here tonight. 274 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:13,774 I think it definitely, as like I said, 275 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,534 a young woman in the entertainment industry. 276 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,694 And, you know, it's just, I think fashion 277 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,534 and everything is definitely my world. 278 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:20,520 So I love being here. 279 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,854 What I love most about the Grammys, um, the red carpets. 280 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:26,374 I love to see what people are wearing. 281 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,054 You know what I'm saying? 282 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:28,974 It's that's always a fun thing because the Grammys, 283 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:33,014 like people either go really classic and elegant or they just go wild. 284 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:33,814 So we'll see. 285 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,094 Roach has described their relationship less as stylists 286 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,694 and client and more as siblings who made 287 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,854 a pact early on to support each other's rise. 288 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,614 And the results bear that out. 289 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,454 I mean, we've been doing it for so long. 290 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,254 Like we've been together for 15 years, you know, 291 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,747 and I've been very lucky to do, to be the 292 00:14:51,813 --> 00:14:54,040 only stylist she's ever had and to do everything. 293 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:59,334 So it's just a, you know, it's just a maturation of, you know, where she was 294 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,694 when she first started her career, where I was and to where we are now. 295 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,734 So, you know, it's all so special, I guess. 296 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,134 His work with her helped launch his own 297 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,774 career into the top tier of the fashion 298 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:15,454 industry, eventually earning him the industry's first ever stylist award. 299 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,294 For Zendaya, fashion became something more than promotion. 300 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,174 It became another stage on which to say 301 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,774 who she was and who she was becoming. 302 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,434 I've grown and I've experimented and I've, you know, 303 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:29,254 met Law when I was like 14 years old. 304 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:30,974 So we've grown together in such a way 305 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:35,254 and, um, developed our tastes and things that we enjoy. 306 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,894 And, um, and then you just become more 307 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,774 and more like fearless, you know, you get, well, let's try it, let's do it. 308 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:42,574 Like who cares? 309 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,694 You know, and, and that's always a really good feeling. 310 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,480 And it's a, and it's a power, empowering feeling too. 311 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,094 In 2017, two films arrived within months of 312 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,374 each other that would permanently change the scale of Zendaya's career. 313 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,574 The first was The Greatest Showman. 314 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:09,894 The circus musical in which she played trapeze artist Anne Wheeler. 315 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,054 Of course, in the beginning, you're like, Of course. 316 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,054 Well, you know, you've got to understand that 317 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,614 like, you know, this, this woman is, is 318 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,894 experiencing this, you know, this is something that 319 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:21,494 she deals with every day that she's confronted 320 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,094 with and she faces with and she walks 321 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,494 around with, but not for his character, you know? 322 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,534 So this is an entirely new world for him. 323 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:31,654 And she, she's explaining this is no, this does not happen. 324 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:32,694 You don't understand. 325 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:33,454 This is dangerous. 326 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:34,934 This is not going to happen. 327 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:40,614 And so it's that idea of, of knowing in your mind what you think is right, 328 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,134 but then also having to, at some point, 329 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,054 let your heart speak louder than your mind 330 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,174 and just follow what your heart is saying. 331 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,454 And that's very difficult, especially at the time, 332 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,174 especially with the dangers, especially given the circumstances. 333 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,134 But I think, again, I think it's, it's so, 334 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,174 it's so relevant to now, you know, 335 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,814 people still try to tell people who they're allowed to love. 336 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,480 And that's just not how it should be. 337 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,534 It was a commercial afterthought on release, opening 338 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,014 modestly, and then became a sleeper phenomenon driven 339 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,694 by streaming and its soundtrack, turning into one 340 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,934 of the most enduring movie musicals of its decade. 341 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:17,694 Hit it! 342 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:28,134 I'm very excited. 343 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,014 You know, it's definitely that time of year. 344 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,054 And I feel like because I work so much, I never get to enjoy the holidays 345 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,654 and like, you know, fully soak up all 346 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,254 the fun stuff that happens during the holidays, which is things like this. 347 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,814 So it's kind of lucky that my job 348 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:44,134 has allowed me to do something that's actually really fun and really cool. 349 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,094 And I wish my whole family was here to see it. 350 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:47,374 I'm so excited. 351 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,294 I did this collaboration with Booming Girls and Aqua. 352 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:52,014 And basically, you know, we wanted to do 353 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,814 pieces and, and things that were inspired by 354 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,094 the movie, but also were wearable for a 355 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,880 girl going to a cocktail party or going to, 356 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:04,094 you know, a holiday event, you know, 357 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:09,014 so obviously there's no trapeze artist wear, but there's some inspiration. 358 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:10,654 There's a little glitter, there's a little shine, 359 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,014 you know, without being too literal, you know. 360 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,814 The second was Spider-Man: Homecoming, her entry 361 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:21,454 into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Michelle Jones, otherwise known as MJ. 362 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,334 It was her feature film debut inside one 363 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,334 of the largest franchises on the planet. 364 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,654 And it placed her, almost overnight, inside a 365 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,094 level of fame most performers never reach. 366 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,334 She's very enthusiastic, she's always observing, and she 367 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,134 says her little one-liner. 368 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,334 And I think it's cool to embrace the weird, you know what I mean? 369 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,894 Like have somebody that doesn't make the situation 370 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,574 awkward, but doesn't care, you know? 371 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,200 Out of that comes a lot of comedy. 372 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,654 She's mysterious, but she likes it that way. 373 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,254 Very intelligent, smart, always reading a book or 374 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,334 thinking about something, can't really tell what she's thinking. 375 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,974 But when she does interact with people, because 376 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,294 she's so smart, she comes off a little weird, right? 377 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:04,974 And people don't quite understand her and what's going on in her head. 378 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,494 And I think that it's, I think it's cool, you know? 379 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,934 I feel like she's relatable in that sense 380 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,920 to every kid that's just so smart, they just don't really have friends. 381 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,414 But she secretly does want to have friends, you know? 382 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,854 She secretly does want to be friends with Peter and Ned. 383 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,454 She just would never want them to know that. 384 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,854 It also put her alongside co-star Tom Holland, 385 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,054 playing Peter Parker to her MJ, a 386 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:31,334 professional pairing that would, over the following years, 387 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,694 become something more. 388 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:36,254 Though neither of them said much about it publicly for a long time. 389 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,814 My favorite thing about MJ in this film 390 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:39,574 that is something we haven't seen massively in 391 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,094 the previous two films is how nurturing she is. 392 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:43,814 You know, she really does become a shoulder 393 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:48,414 for Peter to cry on, and I really like that we've been able to build our 394 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,294 relationship like that throughout the films. 395 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:53,734 It's so funny, he can say why, but can't ask her out on a date. 396 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:54,494 Right? 397 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,614 You think that one would be easier than the other. 398 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,814 - That's the thing there. - Oh, so great. 399 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,334 I feel like that's what this movie does so well, 400 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,974 is it illustrates how difficult that is when you're that age. 401 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,054 Like, that's scarier than jumping off a building 402 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:10,814 and saving people's lives, is like, talking to your crush. 403 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,454 That is so crazy. 404 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,494 The stakes are much higher. 405 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,294 The stakes are much higher. 406 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:20,094 The Spider-Man films that followed only accelerated that shift. 407 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,454 Premiere footage from the era tells its own story. 408 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,414 Each red carpet larger and louder than the last, 409 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,054 fan crowds stretching further down the block, 410 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:31,854 press events multiplying across continents. 411 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,374 What had been a career built carefully, city 412 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:38,734 by city and role by role, was now operating on a global scale. 413 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,294 Box office receipts translated into a kind of 414 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:45,174 fame that doesn't fit neatly into any one country's media cycle. 415 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:46,494 Spider-Man's been in everyone's life. 416 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,254 Yeah, I feel like how can you ever not be Spider-Man? 417 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,294 Yeah, what's so funny is that like, I 418 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:54,814 didn't realize before how much people actually reference Spider-Man. 419 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,094 - In everything, yeah! - Yeah, but it’s everywhere. 420 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,334 Literally everywhere. 421 00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,454 It's so cool. 422 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,294 Somewhere inside that scale was a relationship the 423 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:05,694 tabloids had been speculating about for years before 424 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,760 either of them confirmed anything. 425 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:11,334 Zendaya and Holland kept their personal life almost 426 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,894 entirely off the record through multiple Spider-Man press tours. 427 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,534 A level of discipline that, watching it now, 428 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,974 looks like an extension of the same 429 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,094 boundary-setting instinct from earlier in her career. 430 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,494 They didn't publicly acknowledge the relationship until late 431 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:32,174 2021 on their own terms and timeline, not the industry's. 432 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,654 So, I was wondering what British stuff Tom has taught you about? 433 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,494 Any slang you've picked up, or anything you've 434 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,574 learned up about British culture? 435 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:40,894 Other than the C word! 436 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:41,654 Yeah. 437 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:44,240 Uh... 438 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,134 Let's see, yeah, no, I've... 439 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:48,894 You've learned a bit of copywriting lately. 440 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,254 Yeah, yeah, and I, you know, I find that like, I do this thing when I'm 441 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:56,874 around him for a while where I speak 442 00:21:56,940 --> 00:22:00,534 with British inflections but not the British accent. 443 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,534 - Yeah. - Which is really strange. 444 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,534 You have like an English cadence while saying it as an American. 445 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:07,374 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 446 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,174 Because you guys like ask questions, like we 447 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:14,974 go down, so we're like, like, where are you going? 448 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,494 And he goes, where are you going? 449 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:17,574 Yeah. 450 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,454 And then I just kind of, I, oh, yeah, so. 451 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,214 Your favorite one is, I say, yeah, he was funny, weren't he? 452 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,174 Yeah, funny, weren't he? 453 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,174 And she says that all the time. 454 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:29,934 Because you just said funny, weren't he? 455 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:30,774 Yeah. 456 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,014 Yeah, he's funny, weren't he? 457 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:33,334 Yeah, he was funny, weren't he? 458 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:34,360 Funny, weren't he? 459 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,494 Or something that is that, you always say that at the end. 460 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:40,600 Yeah, that was funny, that. 461 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:42,974 That was funny, that. 462 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:44,480 That was proper funny, that was. 463 00:22:44,894 --> 00:22:45,494 That. 464 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:46,960 Yeah, you're right, we do do that. 465 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,880 Something you already said, that. 466 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,574 It was funny, wasn't it? 467 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:53,774 Wasn't it, that. 468 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:54,440 That. 469 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,214 Your relationship with Tom, though, working on this, 470 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,694 I love even on social media, seeing it, 471 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,134 you guys are just constantly, like, having digs at each other. 472 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,814 Has it just been like that the entire time? 473 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,614 Yes, yes, it has. 474 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,414 No, honestly, from the first day, when the 475 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,414 cast kind of first met each other, we all bonded, like, immediately. 476 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,107 We had a day where we hung out with each other, 477 00:23:15,173 --> 00:23:17,200 went to a picnic and did, like, this whole thing. 478 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,670 And then the next day, we were supposed to have work and our 479 00:23:20,736 --> 00:23:23,814 work was supposed to go do an activity and bond with each other. 480 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:25,454 And we were like, we just did that yesterday. 481 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,494 Like, so all of us became friends so quickly. 482 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,214 And then, you know, with Tom, I think, 483 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:37,134 doing lip sync battle and stuff like that, 484 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,494 you know, we're always paired together. 485 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,614 So we have just become really, really close. 486 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,334 And he's just, he's so great. 487 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,174 He's a great person. 488 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,334 And it's nice to know that, like, the superhero is also a good person. 489 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,240 You know what I mean? 490 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,854 And I'm, again, I can't complain about having 491 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,094 any type of pressure on my character because, 492 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,374 I mean, he's Spider-Man and he's handling it so well, so. 493 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,414 It would have been easy at this point 494 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:04,574 for the story to become simply about box office 495 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:09,880 and franchise math or just as easily about tabloid speculation. 496 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,094 Zendaya has generally declined to let it become either. 497 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,774 But even as the scale of her fame 498 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,574 kept expanding, the more interesting turn in Zendaya's 499 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,494 career was about to happen somewhere much smaller 500 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,160 and much darker than a blockbuster premiere. 501 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:38,654 I promise you, if I could be a different person, I would. 502 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:44,520 Not because I want it, but because they do. 503 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,334 But here's the thing. 504 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:53,480 One day I just showed up without a map or a compass and at some point, 505 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:55,440 you have to make a choice. 506 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,014 In 2019, Zendaya took on the role of 507 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,694 Rue Bennett in HBO's Euphoria, a drug-addicted 508 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,814 teenager narrating her own unraveling. 509 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,334 It was as far from a Disney Channel dance number as a role could get. 510 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,934 And it announced, unmistakably, that the actress behind 511 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,600 it intended to be taken seriously as an artist, not just as a star. 512 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,560 The recognition came fast. 513 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,094 At the pandemic-altered 2020 Emmys, delivered largely 514 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:31,374 over video call, Zendaya won Outstanding Lead Actress 515 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,174 in a Drama Series for the role, becoming, 516 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,134 at 24, the youngest person ever to win 517 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,614 in that category and only the second Black 518 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,920 woman in the award's history to do so. 519 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,414 Two years later, for the show's second season, 520 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,974 she won it again, becoming the youngest 521 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,000 two-time winner in Emmy history in any category. 522 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,974 Accepting the award, she spoke not about the 523 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,054 achievement itself but about the audience, who had 524 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:01,974 seen themselves in Rue's struggle, telling the room 525 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,200 she carried their stories with her along with the characters. 526 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:11,014 You know, my greatest wish for Euphoria was that it could help heal people. 527 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:12,826 And I just want to say 528 00:26:12,892 --> 00:26:15,214 thank you to everyone who has shared their story with me. 529 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,934 I want you to know that anyone who has loved a Rue or feels like they 530 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,534 are a Rue, I want you to know that I'm so grateful for your stories and 531 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,814 I carry them with me and I carry them with her. 532 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,000 So thank you so much. 533 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,374 By this point, she wasn't only Euphoria's star. 534 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,134 She was also a credited executive producer on the series, 535 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,654 recognized that same award season as 536 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,014 the youngest producing nominee in Emmy history, 537 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,920 a distinction that quietly foreshadowed the next phase of her career. 538 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:50,454 The dramatic weight of Euphoria didn't slow her film career down. 539 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,934 If anything, it ran alongside an unprecedented run 540 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,374 of blockbuster roles, including the culmination of her 541 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,414 Spider-Man trilogy in No Way Home and 542 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,454 playing Shani in Denis Villeneuve's Doom and its sequels. 543 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,014 What do I like most about playing Shani? 544 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,854 I think what I really appreciate that Denis 545 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,614 brought forward with Shani in this iteration, I 546 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,894 think is really giving her strong conviction and 547 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,454 a real strong sense of self. 548 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,334 And I think for me, that was enjoyable 549 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,934 as an actress because it made the whole 550 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,054 love story much harder and more difficult, which means we had to earn it. 551 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,374 And their love isn't given. 552 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,480 It's something that they have to work for. 553 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:35,640 It's breathtaking. 554 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,214 When you see sand here, imagine water. 555 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,534 If you dive in, you can't reach the bottom. 556 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,614 You dive in? 557 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:44,494 Yes, it's called swimming. 558 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,680 I don't believe you. 559 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,734 What would you give to be back filming those incredible desert scenes now? 560 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,214 It was absolutely beautiful. 561 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:58,120 I mean, I got to see views that I think very few people get to see. 562 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:03,174 And I was able to really be submerged in the world of Doom. 563 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,814 I felt like I was literally in Arrakis. 564 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,334 So I was incredibly grateful for the whole 565 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,894 journey and very excited for more people to see it. 566 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,414 And I hope everyone enjoys it because I 567 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:18,160 would love to revisit these characters and experience it all again. 568 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,654 The opportunity to work with Denny, I think 569 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,134 he's an extraordinary filmmaker and has always been 570 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,294 someone that I also admired. 571 00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:29,334 So stepping into that, I was like, I 572 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,734 don't have much time and there's so many 573 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:37,054 people that I have to hopefully stand next to and do somewhat of a good job, you know? 574 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:38,694 And it was intimidating and scary. 575 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:44,374 But as soon as I got there, there was such a warmth and an embrace that 576 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,054 I felt immediately comfortable and taken care of. 577 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:54,254 And all I had to do was be guided and Denny opened up and explained the 578 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:59,414 world to me and was able to do that in a short amount of time. 579 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,694 And everybody was so welcoming and it was a beautiful experience. 580 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:07,494 I was only there for a few days, but I felt like I had been very 581 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:08,694 quickly a part of a family. 582 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:13,014 So yeah, I appreciate all of you guys for making it such a wonderful time. 583 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,854 And I feel extremely grateful to just be 584 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:22,334 a piece of this really gorgeous puzzle that is Dune, you know? 585 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,974 So I, yeah, very, very humbled and it was a special, special time. 586 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,454 Watching the footage from these years side by side is almost disorienting. 587 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,174 The same actress within the same 12 months 588 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,614 delivering an Emmy winning performance as a teenager 589 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,094 in crisis and headlining some of the biggest 590 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,454 science fiction and superhero productions in the world. 591 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,814 She comes into it extremely guarded with a 592 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:51,560 lot of pain surrounding what Paul really represents in her life. 593 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:56,174 And so I think for me, it was exciting because I was like, oh, there's this 594 00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:01,174 internal constant dialogue I think she's having with 595 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,054 herself over whether or not she should allow 596 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:08,440 this person in and whether or not it is safe to love. 597 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,294 And I don't know. 598 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,094 So the love story was interesting to find 599 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:18,294 with someone who is so intensely fierce and 600 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:23,280 strong and guarded for good reason. 601 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,774 It was the moment Critical Respect finally caught 602 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,814 up with the ambition that had been visible 603 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,214 to anyone paying close attention since that first 604 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,240 Disney Channel audition tape. 605 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,814 In the summer of 2020, with film and 606 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:46,854 television production shut down worldwide, Zendaya called Sam Levinson, 607 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,534 the creator of Euphoria, whose second season 608 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,014 had just been halted by the pandemic and 609 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:53,894 asked if he could write and direct a 610 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,014 movie during quarantine, something small enough to shoot 611 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,520 safely that could put the show's idol crew back to work. 612 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,094 Six days later, he had a script. 613 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,494 Malcolm and Marie, a black and white 614 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,014 two-hander about a filmmaker and his girlfriend unraveling 615 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,334 over one long night after his film's premiere. 616 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,454 You are by far the most excruciating, difficult, 617 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,520 stubbornly obnoxious woman I've ever met in my entire life. 618 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:24,720 I fucking love you. 619 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,734 Oh, he's so sensitive. 620 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,294 He's romantic. 621 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,480 I bet he's sweet, right? 622 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,774 Well, I mean, yeah. 623 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,334 When he's not being an emotional fucking terrorist. 624 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:40,080 Oh. 625 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,640 I love the way you see the world, Marie. 626 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:51,440 Mystery. 627 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:53,694 The unknown. 628 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,534 It's what supports the tension of a relationship. 629 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:57,574 You're angry. 630 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:58,334 No. 631 00:31:58,400 --> 00:31:59,480 It's a what-if factor. 632 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:01,080 Marie. 633 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:02,720 Marie. 634 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:04,400 Marie. 635 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,720 What if there's someone who loved them better? 636 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,814 Zendaya starred opposite John David Washington, but she 637 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,000 didn't stop at acting. 638 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,414 She helped finance the production alongside Washington, Levinson, 639 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,454 and his producing partner, taking on real financial 640 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,014 risks for a project built from nothing but 641 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,080 urgency and an empty house outside Carmel. 642 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:32,854 The gamble paid off commercially before the film had even been finished. 643 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,654 Netflix won a bidding war against half a 644 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,094 dozen major studios and streamers, acquiring the film 645 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:45,974 for $30 million, a striking sum for a movie made on a budget of roughly $2 646 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,414 ...5 million. 647 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,334 Critically, the reception was more divided. 648 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,494 Reviewers were split on the script itself, some 649 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,174 calling it self-indulgent, but there was little 650 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,014 disagreement about the two performances at its center. 651 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,534 Even critics who disliked the film tended to 652 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:06,014 single out Zendaya's work opposite Washington as some 653 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:10,414 of the most mature, unguarded acting of her career to that point. 654 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:14,934 Commercial success, mixed reviews, a performance that expanded 655 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,974 what people thought she could do. 656 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:20,454 It was a strange, telling combination, and it 657 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,040 wouldn't be the last time in her career that all three arrived together. 658 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,374 If Euphoria marked her arrival as a serious actress, 659 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,454 the years that followed marked a quieter, 660 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,894 less publicized shift from performer to producer, shaping 661 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,880 projects from the inside rather than simply appearing in them. 662 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,974 Challengers, the 2024 tennis drama directed by Guadagnino, 663 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:49,400 is the clearest example. 664 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,774 Zendaya was accredited producer on the film by 665 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:57,654 her own account, drawn to producing not as a vanity title, but as a way to 666 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,814 be present in the filmmaking process itself, sitting 667 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:05,134 in on cinematography discussions, learning from directors, having 668 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,174 what she has described as a genuinely valid 669 00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:11,814 seat at the table rather than a ceremonial one. 670 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:16,734 The first thing that I produced was my Disney show. 671 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,240 Yeah, so way back when. 672 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,774 And then, yeah, Malcolm & Marie, Euphoria. 673 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,294 A little couple things. 674 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,414 But this is the second film, yes. 675 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:26,214 Welcome to London. 676 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:27,734 How does it feel to be in the home of tennis? 677 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:28,974 You're in here, the UK. 678 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,414 I know, I feel very lucky to be here. 679 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,494 I'm so grateful to everyone who has showed up. 680 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,694 Every time I do these things, I'm like, nobody's going to actually be there. 681 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,734 But then they are, and you're like, oh my gosh, this is so cool and so special. 682 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,014 So I feel very lucky. 683 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,494 And why should audiences see this? 684 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:44,614 What's the message? 685 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,854 Man, it's just, it's a ride. 686 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,734 It's a rollercoaster, like an emotional rollercoaster. 687 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,334 But ultimately I think a lot of fun 688 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:55,614 and leaves you questioning everything and wanting to 689 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,694 talk to, you know, and argue probably about 690 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,974 what character you like best and what character you hate most. 691 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,734 - And want to play tennis as well. - Yeah. 692 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,534 It wasn't the first time she'd done this kind of work, 693 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,894 her producing credit on K.C. Undercover years earlier 694 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:14,334 was an early, less noticed version of the same instinct. 695 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:19,694 But by the time of Challengers, the ambition was unmistakable and public. 696 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,734 An actress who had spent her whole career 697 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:26,054 being directed was now actively choosing which stories got told and how. 698 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,254 You were incredible today. 699 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,480 To have a fashion line, a foundation. 700 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,680 Just gonna turn a whole family into millionaires. 701 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,134 What are you gonna do now? 702 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,920 Unfortunately, my only skill in life is hitting a ball with a racket. 703 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,214 I want you to be my coach. 704 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:46,560 I want you to be my coach. 705 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,454 How often does this happen? 706 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:50,480 Going after the same girl? 707 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:52,280 Come here. 708 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,134 Which one of us? 709 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,680 ♪ She’s a maneater ♪ 710 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,760 This is a game about winning the points that matter. 711 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,320 I don't need to play my games with you. 712 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:10,094 Can I have a cigarette with me? 713 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:10,854 I have to talk to you. 714 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,320 I don't smoke and I'm not talking to you. 715 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,734 The film unfolds around a single lower tier 716 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,494 match between Art and Patrick years later, cutting 717 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,694 back and forth across more than a decade 718 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,534 to reveal the tangled history between all three. 719 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,934 It's a role built on control rather than sympathy. 720 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,294 Tashi is exacting, strategic, often unreadable, and it 721 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,134 gave Zendaya a very different kind of showcase than Euphoria. 722 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:47,094 Not a character unraveling, but one who never stops calculating, 723 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,854 even when everything around her is falling apart. 724 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,254 In which ways do you, kind of, connect to Tashi? 725 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,094 Erm, in many ways I think erm... 726 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,094 You know, while we go about things very differently, 727 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,614 I think ultimately she has a real love and 728 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,854 passion for what she does and it's taken 729 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,734 away from her so soon, so I definitely empathize with that. 730 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,934 Industry coverage increasingly described her less as a 731 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,334 star for hire and more as an architect 732 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,454 of her own slate, building relationships with directors, 733 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:20,174 developing projects, and positioning herself for a career 734 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:23,454 that extends well past any single role. 735 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,294 It is in many ways the natural continuation 736 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:28,014 of the instinct first visible in that Oakland 737 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,054 theater lobby, not just performing in someone else's 738 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,360 story, but helping decide what story gets told at all. 739 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,254 - Zendaya, right here, right here. - Right here, right here, right here. 740 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,894 Zendaya, yeah! 741 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:51,094 Zendaya grew in her world of fame by 742 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,054 also letting the public know that she cares 743 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,840 about them and about people with illnesses. 744 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:03,240 She has grown to be a huge support system to her many fans and of the wider public. 745 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,134 In 2012, she became an ambassador for Convoy 746 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:11,454 of Hope and encouraged fans to support Hurricane Sandy response efforts. 747 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:12,214 It's awesome. 748 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:13,854 You know, I really, really appreciate it because 749 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,974 I love what they do and I'm very inspired by what they do. 750 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:18,334 You know, both my parents are educators, so 751 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,494 young people and kind of, I don't know, 752 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,214 just kind of giving them something to kind 753 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,814 of release their energy into and be a part of and feel like they're part of 754 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:28,494 something bigger, I think is really, really important, 755 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,974 especially like from a teacher's perspective. 756 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,454 Our next honoree's name means to give thanks 757 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,520 in Shona, which couldn't be more fitting. 758 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,214 She's an exceptional role model for young people 759 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,214 everywhere, standing up for the joys of giving 760 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,014 back and the importance of empathy and kindness. 761 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:46,614 It means a lot to me. 762 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,054 I definitely think why it's so important is 763 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,214 because, you know, sometimes you have to realize 764 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,814 that you have a lot of things in your life and sometimes people don't. 765 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,774 So seeing things like this, you don't have 766 00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:02,494 any clue how important it is and how much it really does affect their lives. 767 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,934 I think that, you know, idle time is the devil's workshop, right? 768 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,294 So being able to have something that they can hold on to and they can be 769 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,454 a part of and just kind of seeing 770 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,374 that and being actually there on the ground 771 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,374 and understanding that is so beautiful. 772 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,720 So I appreciate everything that you do and thank you. 773 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,174 In 2014, she recorded John Legend's All of Me 774 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:29,814 with a portion of the proceeds going to the organization. 775 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,814 The same year, she celebrated her 18th birthday 776 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,494 with a campaign to help feed at least 777 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:41,294 150 hungry children in Haiti, Tanzania and the Philippines. 778 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:45,294 Today, I'm here to surprise some of our trick-or-treaters. 779 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,574 We have this amazing school here and I 780 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,854 cannot wait to meet them and just talk to them and make sure they know that 781 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,294 I am watching them and I'm very, very 782 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,054 thankful for all the work that they've done 783 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,014 and hopefully inspire them to just go out 784 00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:59,974 there and continue to support the cause. 785 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,614 I am the spokesperson for Trick-or-Treat 786 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,214 for UNICEF, which is very exciting for me 787 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,014 given that I was a UNICEF trick-or-treater for elementary school, 788 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:09,454 my entire elementary school. 789 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:10,534 So I already knew about it. 790 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,494 I was already aware with the work that UNICEF had done and continued to do. 791 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,254 So when they kind of came to me about the whole project, the interest, and I 792 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,760 was just like totally on board and totally ready to go. 793 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:24,774 What does it mean to Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF? 794 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:29,134 It means that, you know, I think it says it on the box, really kids helping kids. 795 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,294 I think not only are we helping people 796 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,814 and we're making a difference and providing things for 797 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,934 children that they actually need and like 798 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,934 just basic things that you would just assume 799 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,440 that people would have the luxury of having that don't. 800 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,294 But we're also in the process, I think, teaching humanity. 801 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:47,214 We're teaching love. 802 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,934 We're teaching sharing, giving, kindness. 803 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,814 There's so many things that we're learning as well in this process. 804 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,454 And I think it's really important to start 805 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:58,654 kids off young kind of thinking that way because at least for me, when I did 806 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:03,334 it now, look at me now kind of still being a part of UNICEF and still, 807 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,640 I guess you say, trick-or-treating. 808 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,894 This year, what's really cool is if you 809 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,214 don't have the orange box, if it's not 810 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:11,774 in your school or you haven't ordered yours, 811 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:13,934 you can actually go online and basically, I 812 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,134 would say, virtually have a little orange box 813 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:17,694 and kind of set up a donation page 814 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,494 that you can notify your friends, family about 815 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:26,454 and still be a part of the cause, still donate more, if not as much as 816 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,734 anybody else would and still make a difference, 817 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,440 but just in a much easier, new age kind of way. 818 00:41:34,014 --> 00:41:34,614 Hi! 819 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,280 We have matching shirts. 820 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,054 Okay, I'm going to let the shock set in. 821 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,134 Zendaya has supported campaigns to raise awareness about 822 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:59,414 underserved communities and underprivileged schools. 823 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,334 Well, I think it's important that young people 824 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,534 feel accepted and feel loved and feel that 825 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:07,640 they have a support system and people behind them. 826 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:10,214 And so I think that young people, like 827 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,174 I've said a million times, we're the future 828 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:14,854 and it's important that we cultivate the young 829 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,134 people's minds and allow them to be exactly who they are. 830 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:22,454 In September 2017, she partnered with Verizon Foundation 831 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,014 as a spokesperson for their national We Need 832 00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:29,534 More initiative to bring technology, access and learning 833 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,214 opportunities to children. 834 00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,454 Don't care about other people's opinions. 835 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,174 That's what I think is the number one thing. 836 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:37,694 And when you step outside and you do 837 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,854 what you do, dress and live for yourself 838 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:41,294 and for the satisfaction of yourself. 839 00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,214 A lot of people do that just so someone can tell them that they're pretty. 840 00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:45,854 But the person that you should be waiting 841 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:47,934 to hear I'm pretty from is yourself. 842 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,494 Two decades on from that first leap across 843 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,974 an Oakland stage, it is difficult to find 844 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,614 a corner of popular culture Zendaya hasn't touched. 845 00:42:56,680 --> 00:43:01,894 Television, film, fashion, music, producing, magazine covers across 846 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:03,520 continents and languages. 847 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:09,054 Museum-adjacent fashion moments discussed as seriously as any runway show. 848 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,734 Awards season campaigns built around performances that, a 849 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,134 decade earlier, a former Disney Channel star wasn't 850 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:17,560 supposed to be trusted with. 851 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:23,374 What makes the arc unusual isn't simply the scale of the fame. 852 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,054 Plenty of performers reach a version of that. 853 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:30,974 It's the visible thread of intention running through nearly every turn. 854 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,814 A childhood built on discipline rather than accident. 855 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,734 A teenage star who protected her own boundaries 856 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,494 when the industry offered none. 857 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,014 A red carpet partnership built on genuine creative 858 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,334 trust rather than transaction. 859 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,214 And a dramatic pivot into difficult material taken 860 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:52,854 on for its own sake, years before the awards arrived to validate it. 861 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,574 They need to love themselves and that it takes time. 862 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,000 It's not something that happens overnight. 863 00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,574 No one is born with perfect confidence. 864 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,854 No one just comes out the room like, oh, I feel fabulous, you know what I mean? 865 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:06,494 It takes time and you need to know that there are tons and tons of other 866 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:10,574 women and you can go through that change at any point in your life. 867 00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:14,094 You know, my mom recently just kind of, 868 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,334 I think, became more confident and came into 869 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,054 her own and she's a grown woman, you 870 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:19,614 know, so it's something that can happen at 871 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:23,094 any point in your life and know that you are on your own clock, you are 872 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:26,014 on your own time and not to rest yourself. 873 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:30,174 By 2026, the story had entered a new phase entirely. 874 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,854 Zendaya took a small but pointed role, the 875 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:36,414 goddess Athena, in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, a 876 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:38,454 film that would go on to become the 877 00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,814 highest grossing movie of Nolan's career, crossing a 878 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,374 billion dollars worldwide within weeks. 879 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,374 That same year, she returned to the role 880 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,094 that first made her a global star, headlining 881 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:53,054 Spider-Man: Brand New Day, alongside Tom Holland, 882 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,214 a film that delivered the second biggest opening 883 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,440 weekend in box office history. 884 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:02,414 For one extraordinary stretch, Zendaya and Holland had 885 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:05,894 two films simultaneously breaking records at the same 886 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:09,494 box office, on the same weekends, press labeling 887 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:14,574 them, only half-jokingly, the reigning king and queen of Hollywood. 888 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,294 It was a strange symmetry. 889 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,614 A partnership that had spent years staying almost 890 00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,334 entirely out of public view was now, by 891 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,334 simple commercial force, impossible to ignore. 892 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,934 I also feel like you need to talk about your ins and outs when you wish 893 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:28,934 Zendaya a happy birthday. 894 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:32,614 You said, my M.J., happy birthday, give me a call when you're up. 895 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:33,694 It was iconic. 896 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:35,374 Thank you. 897 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:37,814 - It's had like 19 million likes. - Wow. 898 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,974 How does it feel to be in the public eye and have people be so invested 899 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:45,520 in like a social media post, say, in the two of you in this franchise? 900 00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:47,894 - I mean... - I took the picture. 901 00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:49,694 - No, I'm kidding. - Yeah, you did take the picture. 902 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:51,174 I mean, it's crazy. 903 00:45:51,240 --> 00:45:53,094 It's crazy, but something we try and not 904 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:54,814 think about all that much, you know. 905 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:56,094 We're here to do a job. 906 00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:59,174 We're here to promote a movie that we love and we're proud of. 907 00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:00,614 And, you know, we're very lucky that we 908 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:05,254 have fans that are so supportive and so invested in our lives. 909 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:08,574 You know, we're very careful with how much of our personal lives we share. 910 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,334 So everything, you know, is something that goes 911 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,654 through, not planning, but like, you're like, hey, can I post this? 912 00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:15,632 And you're like, let me just have a look. 913 00:46:15,698 --> 00:46:17,174 And then we're zooming in in the background, 914 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:18,440 making sure there's nothing in there. 915 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,094 So, you know, everything, you know, there's a process to it. 916 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,174 But, you know, it's sometimes nice to share some of your life with the fans. 917 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:29,734 And it's nice to see that they, you know, reciprocated that love. 918 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,734 And, you know, I didn't know it had 19 million likes, though. 919 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,574 That is fucking crazy. 920 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:35,280 Yeah. 921 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:42,774 Speaking of secrets, you told the secret that broke the Internet. 922 00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:43,534 Did I? 923 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:44,454 Yes, you did. 924 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:46,374 - Oh. - Was that planned? 925 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,094 I don't know what you're talking about. 926 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:49,374 You think I'm married. 927 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:50,934 We missed a wedding. 928 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,374 We could roll back that tape. 929 00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:53,694 I have no idea what you mean. 930 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,734 Who got married? 931 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,360 I mean, people get married every day. 932 00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:00,534 It's about a wedding. 933 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:03,454 I know, but dark, but dark, but dark. 934 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:04,534 It's about a wedding. 935 00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:06,200 And she's signing her name Holland. 936 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,294 In Vegas, she was signing her name Holland. 937 00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:10,694 Do you call her Mrs. Holland? 938 00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:11,880 I call her Zendaya. 939 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:17,174 Zendaya's story, notably, has no tidy ending. 940 00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:22,214 New films, new collaborations, and new producing credits continue to arrive. 941 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,734 What began as a little girl in the 942 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:28,054 wings of a community theater has become, by 943 00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:31,254 any reasonable measure, one of the defining entertainment 944 00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,174 figures of her generation. 945 00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:35,694 And, on the evidence of the last two 946 00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:40,334 decades, someone who is only just beginning to decide what comes next. 947 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:44,214 I'd much rather be known for the kind of human being that I am than the 948 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:45,774 last project that I did. 949 00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:49,294 And I would much rather people respect me for that part of who I am. 950 00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:51,614 So I think it's just kind of demanding 951 00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:57,814 that respect and also continuing to project that upon others as well. 952 00:47:57,880 --> 00:47:58,934 It's really important.