Zendaya & Robert Pattinson Ask Rapid-Fire Questions | Off The Cuff | Vogue

Do you feel like our Gen Z connection made working together easier? Wait, I don't even understand the question. Do you feel like you're Gen Z? Oh, are you Gen Z? I'm a Zillennial. I am on the cusp of both. Who's our connection? Oh, just the connection? Yeah, our connection as fellow Gen Zers. Hi, I'm Zendaya. And I'm Rob. And this is Optica. Round one, icebreakers. What's the most interesting fact you learned recently? How is this an icebreaker? Just to get the conversation started. Well, they're all too controversial, really. So you don't want to publicly share. Highly political. You don't want to share your facts. The thing about, do you know how everyone says when you wear Bluetooth headphones, they kind of like, kill your brain? Oh, okay. But do you know that's actually not true? Well, that's nice. And it actually makes your brain better. I don't know about that, but you have to send me the study. What's the last concert you went to? I was supposed to go to the Cardi B concert, which I was very excited about, but I couldn't make it. And that was devastating because she also has a little bit of drama on tour. So that was, that sucks. So I watched it in my brain. Can you watch a whole concert in your brain? Yeah, yeah. It's just magic, yeah. Livestream. She nailed it. Been busy, y'all. I'm sorry. I've been making some movies. What's a useless skill that you're proud of? Unblocking toilets with improvised devices that they found in the bathroom in an emergency. That's very useful. That's very useful, yeah, that's actually quite useful. That's very useful, because that's like one of my like biggest fears is if you go to someone's house or you're a guest somewhere and you, the toilet doesn't flush. Like that is a ******* nightmare situation. You just dig it out, pop. And then just flick it, baby. Hopefully there's a window. Okay, moving on. Describe our meet cute. I don't know how cute it was. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I'm like, it was pretty normal, just your average. No, I think, yeah. Was it the first time I went around to see an episode of Euphoria? Yes, technically. You know, actually, I guess it wasn't. I met you on FaceTime. For this? No, no, no, while you were shooting Batman. I remember I was shooting Euphoria. We did like these in-between episodes and you were on FaceTime with a friend of ours. And I said hi to you and you probably, you had no reaction. He was like. Hey, I do not remember this at all. Exactly, that's what I imagined. Cause you were like, you had the full, the makeup, the full smoky eye, if you will. And you were sitting there and I was like, hi. And you were like. This is literally not a memory for me at all. Great to know. So I remember our first meeting. What's something people should admit on the first date, but never do? I don't know. I know this sounds like. Fact, period, yes. That's always a good thing to mention. I think that's a great answer, Rob. I've not been on many dates. So I don't have that answer. I don't have the statistics. You've not been on many dates? No, well, I feel like in my line of work, it's very difficult to do that anyway. But then also, I got to meet my person when we were so young. Yeah, but you can go on a date, doesn't have to be like a first date, like a date. But we weren't getting to know each other. It's like two people meeting each other and going on a date with a stranger. It was like two people who've known each other since they were 19 years old. Oh yeah, that literally says a first date, yeah, sorry. Exactly, thank you. Okay, hum the Dune or Twilight theme song. Well, go ahead, Rob. I don't, I can't help you. I can't help you with Dune. I think I've got the game in front of my head. But you can't really hum the Dune one. Like the point is to be like, ah, you know? You can't hum that. Is that Timothy doing that? It's not, no. It sounded like him when we were watching. Really? I think it's a young woman. Is there a Twilight theme song? Is it that one? That's Harry Potter, right? That's Harry Potter. That's another one of your films. Round two, getting personal. Oh ----, getting personal. What's your current go-to brain rot? It's always the same stuff. Like what? I'm so curious. A little example? I just wait for my phone to listen to me and then send me things that make me outraged. And I'd be like, oh. Anyway. Do you know what a floppy disk is? Yes. I'm not that, I'm not that, that young. It is the little, it's like, um. It's not really floppy. Yes. When's the last time you committed to a lie? This lying thing, it's really, yes. It's the, it's ruining my life. The committing to lies? Whenever I say lying, this lying, well I've never lied about anything in my whole life. Well girl, that's a lie. That is a lie. Committed to a lie. You definitely have lied before. You've admitted that. Yeah, but it's kind of like, I get a giant vein that comes out my forehead whenever I lie, so like I, you just have to wrap, I had to wrap it up. Okay. When's the last time you got the ick? Last time I got the ick? Like, with someone else? Like, someone else gave me the ick, or I got the ick from myself? Because you can, like, self-ick, I feel like, or you cringe yourself out a little bit. I'm definitely, you know. I feel that just in general. Like, when I'm doing something, in my brain there's like the ick slash cringe meter going, I'm like, ooh, I hope they cut that out. Like, what? But you know what I mean? Like, you don't have that inside, just internally you're like, ooh, why did I say it like that? Or, ooh, why did I, you know? Even trying to explain what a floppy disk is, I'm like. That gave you the ick? It gave me the ick, because I'm like, now it seems like I don't know what it is, but I don't know how to explain what it is. That's a low, low ick bar. Anyway. Low ick bar. Ick bar. Round three, the drama. What's your favorite thing about me? Go on. Favorite thing about you? Very talented. Thanks. You're incredibly hardworking. Very nice to everyone. Thanks. Across the board. I appreciate it. That's three things. Thanks, Rob. All right. What's the worst thing you've ever done? We actually tried to play this. Remember? Oh yeah, we actually did, yeah. We went around and we tried to do this, and I really was struggling. I'm not saying I'm a perfect person or anything, but I can't, I mean, I've not, I can't say that I've really done something that's like, damn, like, because I have tremendous amounts of guilt anyway, living as a human being, so I don't think I could really do something dirty like that because I feel like it would haunt me for the rest of my life. I like that everyone else admitted to it, and then you and me were like, nothing? Nothing, I've never done anything. Nothing at all. I've literally never done anything bad. And Mamadou's was so- No, it wasn't even bad. It wasn't even bad. He was like, he was really struggling to say his story, and then when he said it, we were like- That's a good thing. Bro, you've been like 12, like, it's all good. Like, it's not even, it's okay. Like, it's all good. You can release that. Okay, what's something unexpected you did to prepare for the role of Charlie? I don't know about unexpected, but I did, I talked to a friend of mine who went to the same college that the character went to. Just talked to him, because he was an English guy who went to an American college, and he studied art history. And then I was just talking to him for a while, and I went, huh, I'm gonna, like, do, I'm just gonna do an impression of you. And I think when he first saw it, he was like, wait, what? What is happening? Is it, do you think it's very similar to this person? Not really. Similar glasses. Okay, so you stole his glasses. I stole his glasses. Okay, and then tried not to wear them at any chance you could get. I didn't realize, yeah, the glasses actually have, like, a use. He kept trying to, like, in scenes, be like, well, do I need the glasses? And we're like, Rob, you've committed to wearing glasses. Your character just magically can see well now. You gotta keep the glasses on. What's something people should talk about before getting married that they usually don't? Now that you're married. I mean, a lot of stuff. You gotta, you know, I feel like you gotta do it all. Gotta dig it all up. You know, put it, hell yeah. Cause this is a surprise. Surprise, I'm crazy. Nah, it is boring if you just know everything. Well, we have very different takes on that. It makes the stakes. That's the interesting thing about relationships. You gotta have high stakes. Like, high stakes, risk. That's what does it for you? It's exciting. If you don't know anything about the person, it's romantic. I feel like that's not true for your personal life at all. It's like you guys know each other very well. You guys love each other. It's like, great. Anyway, to what I say, not as I do. That's my advice. Round four, lightning round. Okay, what's this look from? That's Harry Potter. Boom, okay. And this one? That's when I was in Met Gala. Okay, boom. And finally, this. That's the Ring of the Nibelungs. The what? Ring of the Nibelungs, my first movie. It was your first movie? Yeah. No, the second. It's my wig. It's the only, the rest of it was a wig. I just had my- It's hovering. And it would always fill up, just like a flap at the front. Yeah, it's like a little, it's a lot of height there, a lot of volume. What's this look from? That is from Lemonade. That's a little Beyonce video I just did. Whoa, how did you know that? That's crazy. Oh, I know that. Oh wait, is that you? Yeah, yeah, that's me. Very exciting. What about this? That is, I'm not trying to look like Tom Ford. I wore a Tom Ford breastplate thing, like some, I believe it was Critics' Choice. It is the Critics' Choice. There we go. Do you recognize this? That is my first, well, not my first music video, but one of my early music videos back in my pop star era. Instant electricity or a slow burn? I feel like, can you have both? You know what I mean? Yeah. Watching your own movies or never seeing the final cut? I like watching the movies. How many times do you watch a movie? As many times as, like, I don't know, the occasion comes up. I'm not, like, putting on my own movies at home, but it's like, I will go to the premieres and I will watch it with the audience. I enjoy it. Have you ever, like, at home been like, okay, like, everyone needs to sit down and just- And watch me? Yeah, yeah. No. Never, not once? No. I think. Yes. The only time I've done that is when there was, like, the in-between episodes of Euphoria during COVID that I was, like, really proud of. Yeah, in fact, I literally did that with you. Yeah. No, but that was when the episodes were coming out. That's true. Yeah. Romance movies or heartbreak movies? I like a heartbreak movie. I knew you were going to say that. Give me romance, you know, give me a happy ending. Batman or Spider-Man? Ooh, careful now. I don't know really what I'm considering. Obviously, Batman sounds, like, way cooler. Oh, girl, okay. Anyway, viral meme about you or viral conspiracy theory about you? I don't think I've ever really had a conspiracy theory. Viral meme. There's, like, one, it's so weird what becomes a meme. So weird. Yeah, like the picture, do you ever see that picture? Like, it was from, like, a Finning and, like, sitting in, like, a kitchen. Standing in a kitchen. Yes. I was like, what? Like, why? How did that? It's bizarre. But it's great, though. It's a great image. That's why I got thrown with this whole, because, like, again, it was a very chronically online thing and I am not anymore. And I was confused by this is-a-day-a-hat theory thing. I think the purpose of it is that it doesn't make sense. I wore a hat once and then, I guess, I don't know. I don't, I can't explain it because it makes no sense. It's, like, classic brainwash. I don't understand it. It makes me feel very out of touch, but I don't think it means anything. And then there's, like, conspiracies that I wore this hat once, that, like, Tom lives in the hat. And, like, people live in the hat. And, like, I, like, have, like, a dark version of myself that is, like, taken over once I wore the hat or something. I don't, I don't know, girl. The internet is a weird place. Crying scene or fight scene? I would say fight scene, just because crying scenes really stress me out. Like, the days before a crying scene, I'm, like, very anxious. But a fight scene, I'm, like, let's go, you know? I know that, like, no matter what, I feel, like, I feel good about the choreography. Like, I'll be able to do it. But then crying scenes, like, I don't know. Like, it might come today really easily, or it might, like, take some music and take a little moment. Like, you know, it doesn't just happen so fast. One perfect take or 20 chaotic takes? I think it just depends. I'm not giving very straight answers, but it's, like, sometimes you get it, and if you get it, you get it, and you're, like, we got it, let's move on. And I'm totally cool with not wanting to, like, beat a scene to death. But also, sometimes you find really fun things where you're just, like, **** it, let's just keep going and see what happens. So, I don't know. Yes or no? Yes or no to what? That is the question. The drama? Yes. Yes! Us? Yes. So we're going with yes. We're going with yes. Finally answered it. Yes. Do you feel like you learned anything about, did we learn anything about each other through this experience? I'm not new in the Lemonade music video, which somehow I missed. I can't believe you missed that. Yeah, it's pretty, pretty cool. Pretty cool thing to say. But I feel like, did I learn anything about you today? No, I feel like this confirms what I already know to be true about the one and only Robert Pattinson. Yeah. I know that he has three favorite things about me. So, yeah. So, you're nice, you're cool, and you're... You act good.