Zendaya gave her boyfriend Tom Holland a very public and very personal tribute ahead of Friday’s release of Spider-Man: No Way Home. The actress posted a carousel, featuring a behind the
scenes photo of Holland in his Spider-Man suit on set and a childhood photo of him in a Spider-Man costume. “My Spider-Man, I’m so proud of you, some things never change and good thing♥️ @tomholland2013,” she wrote. Over nine million people liked her post in the first 12 hours it was up.
Zendaya spoke to the AP earlier this month about how she did all she could to be there for Holland as he adjusted to Marvel fame after joining the franchise as Spider-Man. She said the support they gave each other was the greatest thing about doing the films together.
“I think one is just by supporting, you know, just being there. I think sometimes you just have to be a person to vent to, someone to just be there and listen,” she said. “And another thing is like, I was lucky enough to where my life didn’t change overnight. I started when I was young [on the Disney Channel] so it was kind of like a slow progression so I kind of got to learn it as I went and figure it out and get my footing a little bit whereas for him, it was so much all at once because when you’re Spider-Man, that’s kind of how it works. It’s like you’re Spider-Man, your life changes much like this movie so I have an extreme amount of empathy for that. So anything that I learned or have learned or continue to learn I share with him and anything he learns, he shares with me.”