In case you were wondering, Zendaya and Tom Holland know that their height difference is not a big deal at all. (Zendaya’s height is about 5’10”, while Tom’s is about 5’8″).
The topic came up when the couple/co-stars were promoting Spider-Man: No Way Home at a Sirius XM Town Hall event in December 2021. While talking about onscreen kisses, the event’s host Jessica Shaw brought up the fact that fans have noticed that Zendaya is taller than Tom. (LOL, you don’t say?)
“What I’m saying is I’m always fascinated by—because it’s such a misogynistic thing that like, ‘Oh my god, the woman [is taller],’ and it is so problematic,” Shaw explained, according to People.
For their part, Tom and Zendaya agree it’s pretty messed up that people act like it’s a ~thing~, but they aren’t personally bothered by their height difference at all.
Tom said thinking it would be an issue in their relationship was “a stupid assumption,” and Zendaya took things a step further, pointing out how normal their height difference actually is. “This is normal too,” she said. “My mom is taller than my dad. My mom’s taller than everyone.”
Tom backed up that sentiment, pointing out that literally every actor he tested with for Spider-Man: Homecoming was taller than him—something he thinks *might* have been an intentional choice on the part of the film’s director.
“I remember when we were doing the Spider-Man screen tests…you’d have to ask [director] Jon Watts this question, but every girl that we tested for both roles was taller than me,” Tom explained. “I wonder whether that was a decision Jon had made. There was no one that tested that was shorter than I was. To be fair, I am quite short, so maybe that was a decision Jon Watts made and something he was aware of and wanted to break the stereotype. I think it’s great.”
Ditto, Tom.
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