Zendaya Freaked Out When Tom Holland Surprised Her w⧸ The Odyssey, Talks Spider-Man & Euphoria's End

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Zendaya talks about her husband Tom Holland revealing Christopher Nolan wanted to cast her in The Odyssey, explaining the plot of Interstellar to her Euphoria co-star Hunter Schafer and being on set with people she admires for The Odyssey.
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AI GeneratedZendaya discusses her Emmy nomination for *Euphoria* and her experience joining Christopher Nolan's latest film, *The Odyssey*. She shares the story of how she was cast, her admiration for Nolan's filmmaking, and the overwhelming scale of the production compared to her previous projects.
Welcome back to the show it's always great to see you
I want to congratulate you by the way on your Emmy nomination for euphoria
Thank you for coming back to our show into seeing us
Are you are you kind of bittersweet sad that euphoria is over of course of course?
I mean was so you know such a huge part of my life
And it was so much in my 20s, and I feel like I made so many
Lasting loving friendships, and I learned so much about myself
And I honestly I think the most important thing that I always carry with me is the is the people who connected and loved through
Yeah
Well deserved on that nomination you've been all over the world promoting the Odyssey, so thank you for stopping by here
In New York it was giant take me back to the beginning
How do you get you get cast and how do you know that you were going to be in this movie well
You know Tom got the call
Okay, okay, okay, it's for Nolan called and I my heart was just so full
I was so excited for him. We don't mean he's the best and he deserves he deserves it so much
Yes, and I was just so excited also. I'm you know I'm obviously his biggest fan, but I'm also a Chris Nolan fan
Yeah, right like so when that kind of opportunity comes around my I was just so excited like I didn't even put myself in that
Equation at all like we already won
Yeah, you know and then he um he had another meeting so I he had the script. I may have a little you know peeky peek
Okay, yeah, you're not
Okay, so I look
And then he went off to his meeting and then when he came home
I was like okay like tell me all about it like how was he what was it like?
I mean, I was like so ready so excited and he goes read this again, and I was like
What why like I just read it like we just read it last night. He's like read it again, but with
Athena in mind and I was like
Yo, stop it, right
Like my I just yeah, I freaked out
I was so grateful and that he got to be the one to tell me come on and I love that dude
It was so special
Love him so much. He's a great. He's a great guy me, too
But what was it like meeting Christopher Nolan oh, I was just trying to play it cool
You know of course because like you know I'm a super fan. I can't come in too strong
You know what I mean, but you are a super fan of course
Yeah, everyone is of course
And I think what he represents in in our in our industry
And I think it was I would do anything just to the kind of be on a set like that and be able to watch
And learn I love being
On set and I love even if I'm not working often
I'll come to set just to watch and what when will you'd have the opportunity to be on the set like yeah?
You know what I mean. Where was he in his office. What was he doing?
He was in his office, and he's just back towards you
No it was it was it was actually so chill it was so chill and then like an hour in I was like
Oh, I'm kind of picking it with Christopher Nolan
Tell him how much of a fan you were I I did I did I did it in a cool way
You know I it was a nice transition because there was like my favorite Christopher Nolan movies interstellar. Yeah, so
And so there was a like a little
Kind of replica of TARS the robot that's in the film. Yes, and I was like okay. This is my time
To kind of ask about interstellar
TARS yo, and that's how I opened up that but you are a super fan of interstellar
Yeah, you actually brought us a video of you explaining to Hunter Schafer. Yes on the set of you for your
Home, this is my living room. This is Tom is recording this yeah, this is explaining the interstellar
Just anybody needs help. I got you. Yeah, and it was thank you for bringing this to us
We actually had to cut it down a little bit because it's like I cut it down before I sent it to you
Thank you like it was like 10 minutes long
It's worth it
This
On a box yes, so I she could understand the timeline
I love mentions you how much you're nerding out of that. I love it so much. I do I love it
So and thank you for bringing that
Video we've done massive movies Dune
Spider-man you're
Amazing work, but amazing sets
How does it compare to this because what I've heard and talked to the cast so far people's minds are blown
It's it's extraordinary like being on a Christopher Nolan set is unlike anything. I think I
Remember my first day. I kind of was dropped into Troy like I was fully
The war you know and I had the night before I had done a night shoot on you for you
That kind of switch up in like less than 24 hours like how is your brain handling this I don't know
I have no idea and I felt I honestly felt like I was still dreaming
Almost because you walk onto these sets and they are I mean you've heard the scale the scope the attention to detail
Where was this? I've never been country. Yeah, I went I went everywhere
Yeah, I went everywhere, and I felt bad because I was kind of popping in and out you know that people
It was really an odyssey they had gone through so much together, and I was just like hey
Yeah, but it was it was such a privilege and such a joy
And I was just honestly trying to like
Take all that excitement and trying to use it you know because you know sometimes you can psych yourself out
You know you can get in your head about like I mean be on a set like that with people that I admire
the level the scale the amount of background performers
The acting the fire that the whole thing is happening, and I just I don't want to be the thing that's holding this up
Yeah, yeah, I don't want to be messing up my line. I love that you're still humble about this your Zendaya
You're allowed to be
Good for you, and this is something I think everyone should see in a theater
As big as you can I max or whatever you want, but it's shot in IMAX yes
Have you ever snuck into a theater and watched one of your movies I yes, I have
Really I one of the very like early spider-man movies we me and my family we snuck into the back
And that was really fun, but I remember just I you know it was actually it was the last spider-man premiere was so special because we
Knew that big you know the spider-man were back. You know I remembered
Knowing like oh, it's coming like people. They don't know
Around and watch people's reactions is so fun, which one that's the movie going experience
Yeah, you know getting to experience something in a theater with other people. It's so special. Yes
How do we set up the Odyssey and who you play oh well, yes, that's a that's a tough. That's a lot yeah
Thousand-year-old story. Yeah, okay. It's quite dense. Yes. You know I'll say Matt Damon is trying to find his way
Yet again, let's do that. Yes. Yeah, I love it. I want you a clip. Here's Zendaya in the Odyssey take a look at this
Why can't God speak in ways we understand?
Who doesn't understand thunder?
fire
Child smile good harvest
You hide yourselves from us
look
Who's moving that cloud?
Massing those birds
Who's moving the water?
Come on now
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