Zendaya: Love and loss go hand in hand

Zendaya has accepted that “love and loss go hand in hand”.

Zendaya has learned that “so much of life is loss”.

The 29-year-old actress – who is engaged to fellow movie star Tom Holland – has learned that “love and loss go hand in hand”.

Speaking with Robert Pattinson about her favourite romantic movies, Zendaya told Interview magazine: “To what you’re saying, they are often devastating, and that’s just the nature of being alive.

“A lot of them have to do with loss, and something I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older is that so much of life is loss—losing people you love and grieving and getting through that, so in some weird way, love and loss go hand in hand. But because it’s the holidays, I’ve been watching a lot of romcoms. Sometimes I need them to end up together. But there is no ending.

“Who knows if in 10 years they’re unhappy and divorced? I guess it’s all the same movie, you’re just picking up at a different point in people’s lives.”

Zendaya admits that she’s still learning to balance her personal life with her film career.

The actress explained to Robert: “Something I admire about you is you keep so much of your life to yourself, which is a beautiful thing, especially having a family. I’m learning how to balance those things.

“At the end of the day, you’re a public figure, there’s nothing you can do, but some things are meant for yourself and for your loved ones, and then also allowing for that space between the anonymity of you, so that you can play someone else and they won’t necessarily always put you in.”

Meanwhile, Zendaya previously claimed that exercise helps her to feel “less anxious”.

The movie star doesn’t have a strict workout routine, but Zendaya feels that exercising can be really beneficial for her mental health.

Zendaya – who played a tennis player in the hit movie Challengers – told Vogue: “It’s a joke amongst my friends and family, but I don’t have a workout practice, per se. I’m not the best at keeping up with it.”