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Amy Pascal tried to prevent another real-life romance from developing inside the Spider-Man<\/em> franchise. Tom Holland and Zendaya did not follow her advice.<\/p>\n During a recent interview tied to Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em>, the producer revisited the warning she gave the actors after they were cast as Peter Parker and MJ.<\/p>\n Holland and Zendaya eventually became a couple and quietly married, leaving Pascal to acknowledge that her guidance has repeatedly failed with the franchise\u2019s leading stars.<\/p>\n When Pascal was asked whether she expected Holland and Zendaya\u2019s relationship to end in marriage, she answered directly. \u201cNo,\u201d she told Variety<\/em>. \u201cI say this to all of them, and no one ever listens to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Pascal did not express any lingering concern about the couple. She smiled and added, \u201cI think they\u2019re pretty happy together.\u201d The producer\u2019s response gave a new ending to a story she first discussed publicly while promoting Spider-Man: No Way Home<\/em> in 2021.<\/p>\n Pascal told The New York Times<\/em> that she approached Holland and Zendaya individually after they received their roles in Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/em>. \u201cI took Tom and Zendaya aside, separately, when we first cast them and gave them a lecture,\u201d she said. \u201cDon\u2019t go there, just don\u2019t. Try not to.\u201d<\/p>\n Pascal believed that beginning a romantic relationship while committed to a long-running film franchise could complicate the actors\u2019 work if the relationship later ended.<\/p>\n Holland and Zendaya met during the screen-testing process for Homecoming<\/em>. They were linked romantically as early as 2017, although their relationship was not publicly confirmed until photographs showed them kissing in Los Angeles in July 2021.<\/p>\n Holland and Zendaya were not the first actors playing a Spider-Man<\/em> couple to develop an offscreen relationship. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst briefly dated while working on Sam Raimi\u2019s original trilogy. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone later became a couple after meeting through 2012\u2019s The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n Pascal said she gave Garfield and Stone the same warning she later offered Holland and Zendaya. \u201cIt can just complicate things, you know?\u201d she said in 2021. \u201cAnd they all ignored me.\u201d Garfield and Stone remained together for several years before separating in 2015.<\/p>\nPascal Did Not Expect Holland and Zendaya to Marry<\/h2>\n
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\u2018Spider-Man\u2019 Already Had a History of Costar Romances<\/h2>\n
Holland Confirmed the Secret Wedding Through an AI Story<\/h2>\n