{"id":126772,"date":"2024-04-09T14:33:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/zendaya-says-not-playing-high-school-roles-is-refreshing-scary\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:33:22","slug":"zendaya-says-not-playing-high-school-roles-is-refreshing-scary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/zendaya-says-not-playing-high-school-roles-is-refreshing-scary\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya Says Not Playing High School Roles Is Refreshing, Scary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/zendaya\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zendaya\" data-tag=\"zendaya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zendaya<\/a>\u2018s most prolific roles to date in HBO\u2019s \u201cEuphoria,\u201d which received her two Emmys for excellent lead actress in a drama collection, and three of Marvel\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man\u201d movies have one thing in widespread: High college. But she\u2019s leaving the classroom behind for her new movie, Luca Guadagnino\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/challengers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_challengers\" data-tag=\"challengers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Challengers<\/a>,\u201d which casts Zendaya as a tennis phenom and finds her at one level through the film taking part in a mom in early 30s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m always in a high school somewhere,\u201d Zendaya <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/zendaya-may-cover-2024-interview\" target=\"_blank\">lately instructed Vogue journal<\/a> about her profession so far. \u201cAnd, mind you, I never went to high school.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe actor stated breaking away from highschool roles in \u201cChallengers: was \u201crefreshing. And it was also kind of scary, because I was like, \u2018I hope people buy me as my own age, or maybe a little bit older, because I have friends that have kids, or are having kids.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tZendaya by no means went to highschool herself. Her profession took off when she was the 14-year-old star of Disney Channel\u2019s \u201cShake It Up,\u201d which led into one other Disney hit (\u201cK.C. Undercover\u201d) after which a complete performing profession that had no time to decelerate for a correct classroom training. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI have complicated feelings about kids and fame and being in the public eye, or being a child actor. We\u2019ve seen a lot of cases of it being detrimental,\u201d Zendaya instructed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/zendaya-may-cover-2024-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vogue.<\/a> \u201cAnd I think only now, as an adult, am I starting to go, \u2018Oh, okay, wait a minute: I\u2019ve only ever done what I\u2019ve known, and this is\u00a0<em>all<\/em>\u00a0I\u2019ve known.\u2019 I\u2019m almost going through my angsty teenager phase now, because I didn\u2019t really have the time to do it before. I felt like I was thrust into a very adult position: I was becoming the breadwinner of my family very early, and there was a lot of role-\u200breversal happening, and just kind of becoming\u00a0<em>grown,<\/em>\u00a0really.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs performing took over, Zendaya stated she felt this must be \u201cthis perfect being, and be everything that everyone needs me to be, and live up to all these expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cNow, when I have these moments in my career\u2014like, my first time leading a film that\u2019s actually going to be in a theater [with \u2018Challengers\u2019]\u2014I feel like I shrink, and I can\u2019t enjoy all the things that are happening to me, because I\u2019m like\u00a0<em>this<\/em>,\u201d Zendaya stated whereas balling up her first. \u201cI\u2019m very\u00a0<em>tense,<\/em>\u00a0and I think that I carry that from being a kid and never really having an opportunity to just\u00a0<em>try<\/em>\u00a0shit. And I wish I went to school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile she skipped college, Zendaya did emerge as one of the well-liked younger stars on the planet. She already has one hit movie beneath her belt this 12 months with \u201cDune: Part Two,\u201d which has earned $665 million worldwide and counting, and the excitement on the upcoming \u201cChallengers\u201d is thru the roof. Amazon MGM Studios is releasing the movie in theaters April 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHead over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/zendaya-may-cover-2024-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vogue\u2019s web site to learn Zendaya\u2019s newest cowl story<\/a> in its entirety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Zendaya\u2018s most prolific roles to date in HBO\u2019s \u201cEuphoria,\u201d which received her two Emmys for excellent lead actress in a drama collection, and three of Marvel\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man\u201d movies have one thing in widespread: High college. But she\u2019s leaving the classroom behind for her new movie, Luca Guadagnino\u2019s \u201cChallengers,\u201d which casts Zendaya as a tennis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-126772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}