Ever since Spider-Man: Homecoming was released in 2017, Tom Holland and Zendaya have both been closely associated with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While that franchise is mostly family-friendly, both actors have been branching out with more mature projects in recent years.
When Holland spoke about starring in the psychological thriller miniseries The Crowded Room, he said that his relationship with Zendaya is "sacred". Despite that, when the trailer for Zendaya's movie Challengers was released, it was widely believed that Holland is jealous of a scene. With that in mind, it begs an obvious question, is Holland jealous because of the spicy Challengers scenes?
Inside Zendaya's Steamy Love Triangle In Challengers
For loads of people all over the world who live stressful and/or lonely lives, Hollywood romance can be a very welcome escape. However, when those fans go to the theater to enjoy the latest romantic comedy, they know in the back of their minds that what they are watching isn't real.
On the other hand, there are some celebrity couples that fans care about in the same way they like rom-com pairings. In those cases, fans can invest in those celebrity couples because they know the stars are dating for real.
Some examples of couples like that are Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, as well as Emily Blunt and John Krasinski. Just like all of those duos, many people care deeply about Zendaya and Tom Holland's relationship.
When it comes to Holland and Zendaya, the main reason why fans have come to care about their relationship is how cute they are. After all, Zendaya and Holland seem to adore being together, they both appear to be extremely respectful of each other, and fans believe they are in love.
With millions of people so invested in Holland and Zendaya's relationship, some of them are very defensive of them. On the other hand, there are always people who love being contrarian, so they root against popular celebrity couples like Holland and Zendaya.
Between those two groups, there are a lot of people who love to discuss anything that comes out about Holland and Zendaya's relationship. On top of that, those two groups of people are just as excited to debate anything that could affect Zendaya and Holland's relationship.
In June 2023, the trailer for a Zendaya movie called Challengers was released. Definitely not the kind of movie that Zendaya's young fans should watch, Challengers appears to be a movie that tackles mature themes.
The upcoming movie Challengers features Zendaya who is a marvelous actor and is helmed by Call Me By Your Name's director Luca Guadagnino. Despite those indications that Challengers has the potential to be a great movie with something to say, that isn't what most people who saw the film's trailer reacted to.
During the trailer for Challengers, observers got to see a snippet of a scene featuring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor. With the characters the three actors portrayed sitting on a bed, what happens next in the trailers reveals all three of them engage in a spicy scene together in the movie.
If the vast majority of people saw their romantic partner lock lips with someone else, they would be extremely upset. As a result, it is somewhat understandable for a lot of people who saw Challengers' trailer to think Holland would be jealous.
Is Tom Holland Jealous Of Zendaya's Challengers Scene?
Looking back at the reaction to Challengers' trailer, it seems like Tom Holland was in a no-win situation. After all, no matter how Holland responded to the trailer for Zendaya's trailer, there was going to be a group of people judging him.
After all the rumors that Holland was jealous because of what happened in Challengers' trailer surfaced, he didn't deny or confirm the conjecture. As a result, many of the people who assumed Holland was jealous have taken his silence on the situation as proof he is too upset to even talk about the trailer publicly.
On the other hand, if Holland publicly stated that he isn't jealous, a lot of people wouldn't believe that and think he protests too much. On top of that, if Holland denied this rumor but didn't comment on gossip in the future, that would be seen as some kind of tacit confirmation.
Since Holland hasn't said anything about whether he is jealous of what happens in Challengers' trailer or not, there is no way to definitely state how he feels. That said, based on what is known about Zendaya and Holland's relationship, it seems pretty easy to assume how Holland likely feels about the trailer.
In 2021, a movie titled Malcolm & Marie that starred Zendaya and John David Washington was released. In the film and its trailer, viewers can see that Washington and Zendaya's characters share some intimate scenes.
If the trailer for Challengers upset Holland, Malcolm & Marie almost certainly would have been upsetting for very similar reasons. With that in mind, it makes sense to look at how Holland reacted to Malcolm & Marie when it was released.
Around the time Malcolm & Marie was released, Holland was interviewed by Vanity Fair. During the resulting conversation, Holland went to great lengths to heap praise on Malcolm & Marie and he even called it "kind of a perfect film".
When Holland and Zendaya were promoting Spider-Man: No Way Home together, he once again brought up Malcolm & Marie. That time, Holland joked about how he could be the third roommate with Zendaya and Washington's characters from Malcolm & Marie.
Based on everything that Holland has said about Malcolm & Marie, he appears to be a big fan of the movie despite its steamy scenes. With that in mind and the fact that Holland hasn't said or done anything to indicate he is jealous of Challengers, it seems extremely likely he isn't bothered by that film either.
