Tom talks about his relationship with Z in a new interview for The Hollywood Reporter
Holland’s brother, Harry, 24, tagged along to the New York premiere to lend emotional support. But his girlfriend, Zendaya — whom he met on the set of 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming (she plays his love interest, MJ) — did not.
“We’ve been to events together before,” says Holland. As recently as March, he accompanied the 27-year-old Euphoria star to Las Vegas, where she was presented an award at CinemaCon. While there, they took in an Usher concert, which made headlines and trended on social media. Just about everything they do, especially together, trends on social media. “But she’s visiting her grandma,” he continues. “We’re two very busy people, and we’re on the opposite sides of the world at this present time, so she couldn’t come.”
Holland takes a deep breath and shakes it all off: the distance from his girlfriend, the frustrating reviews, the multibillion-dollar expectations resting on his wiry shoulders.
I persist in getting to know him just a little bit more. He is tight-lipped about Zendaya (“Our relationship is something that we are incredibly protective of and we want to keep as sacred as possible. We don’t think that we owe it to anyone, it’s our thing, and it has nothing to do with our careers”) but is far less guarded when the subject turns to his family. He has three younger brothers: the twins Harry and Sam, both 24, and Paddy, 18.
A natural athlete, Holland dove into sports as a kid, playing golf, rugby, football, cricket and tennis — and excelling at them all. (He remains an avid golfer and plays almost daily, sometimes even with Zendaya: “I’ve given her a few lessons. She’s very naturally talented, a real athlete, so she picked it up really quickly.”) He also demonstrated an extraordinary gift for dance. When he was 9, his mother enrolled him in a hip-hop dance class at Nifty Feet Dance School. He was later scouted by a choreographer on Billy Elliot the Musical, set to open two years later in the West End. Holland immersed himself in ballet, tap and acrobatics classes and eventually won the role of Michael Caffrey, Billy Elliot’s best friend.
The day before our rendezvous, Holland and Zendaya both trended on Twitter. Holland trended because it was his birthday; Zendaya because she posted a photo of Holland scuba diving in Caribbean waters — taken on a past vacation — on her Instagram stories. “It’s crazy what you can do nowadays that will get you trending,” Holland notes.
One popular tweet asked fans to respond with their favorite Holland performance. The runaway winner — more than any of his Spider-Man films — was his May 7, 2017, appearance on Lip Sync Battle.
Tom talks about being in love on a teaser for the upcoming video of Tom with BuzzFeed Celeb
"I need you to fall in love with me for it to work. So, long game. Probably making a movie with each other — it definitely helps when the characters are falling in love with one another, you can sort of blur the lines a little bit. I'm locked up, so I'm happy and in love."