Zendaya Shares Early Signs of Bond with Tom Holland

Zendaya opened up about the early signs that convinced her Tom Holland was her ideal partner during a recent appearance on The New York Times Modern Love podcast, amid persistent rumors that the couple has secretly married.

The actress, joined by her costar Robert Pattinson to promote their upcoming film The Drama, reflected on meeting Holland in 2016 during auditions for Spider-Man: Homecoming. She described feeling an immediate sense of calm despite the high-stakes chemistry read. "We first met in an audition, so I was pretty nervous anyway, but he did make me feel calm just by being a nice person, by making me feel comfortable," Zendaya said. "It's like, you really want the job and all these kind of things. And yeah, he was really lovely then."

Zendaya elaborated on the intuition that signaled Holland as "my person." "There's a certain feeling that I was able to experience when I knew this is my person, because I don't feel nervous around them," she explained. "I feel really peaceful, and I feel really calm... Oh, I actually feel more nervous when I'm away from you than when I'm with you. And that's when I was like, Ah, that's a good sign, that's me listening to my intuition."