Zendaya already has a lot on her plate. She’s a full-time fashion icon, she’s been preparing for Euphoria’s long-awaited sophomore season for the last couple of years, and she’s currently promoting the upcoming Spider-Man movie alongside Tom Holland. She is indeed a busy bee. However, in the back of her mind, she’s already looking forward to her next move — and so are we after hearing what it's about.
Recently, Zendaya sat down with Euphoria costar Colman Domingo for a new cover story with Interview. Her feature was unveiled on December 7 and, in it, Z took the opportunity to chat about what's next in her career. The actor admitted that while she doesn’t “necessarily have a plan,” there is one story she’d love to make a reality in the future: “a simple love story about two Black girls.”
“I’ve never really thought, ‘I have to do this by this time and I want to do this by that time,’” Zendaya said about her future plans. “I just want to do the things that make me happy and bring me joy and fulfill me as an artist, as a person. So, I keep that loose, because if one day it turns into a completely different career path, then I would allow myself to do that. The idea of trying to direct in the future excites me. That’s why I’m on set so much. When I’m not in it, I’m right there trying to learn. I go around and I ask our crew members, ‘What are you doing today? Can you explain it to me?’ Because we’ve got some real vets in the game. So, the hope is that I’ll be able to, one day, make the things that I want to see.”
The aforementioned story falls in this category. While still seemingly only an idea, Z has clearly already thought about the direction she’d love to steer the project in. “I don’t want it to be rooted in anything other than just a story about two people falling in love and that’s it. Something simple and beautiful, that leaves you happy and wanting to fall in love yourself,” she told Colman. “I haven’t seen that without it dealing more with the traumatic side of things — which is really important to talk about, but I would love a coming-of-age story where awkward and funny things happen, just like when any other young person is trying to figure out who they are.” So would we, Z.
Production companies, you know who to call.
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