Tom and Zendaya are not the first ‘Spider-Man’ co-stars to find themselves falling for each other. The ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home‘ actors are actually the third and latest pair to translate their on-screen chemistry into a real-life romance.
However, not without receiving a little word of warning. In a recent interview, ‘No Way Home’ producer Pascal revealed that she advised Tom and Zendaya against any future dating shortly after they were cast, reported US Weekly. “I took Tom and Zendaya aside, separately, when we first cast them and gave them a lecture,” Pascal revealed.
Of course, romance rumours have long swirled around the couple until they were photographed packing on the PDA in July. Snaps of Tom and Zendaya kissing in a car in Los Angeles finally confirmed that they were in a relationship.
Pascal, however, warned them back in 2016 before they filmed ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ to keep the chemistry onscreen. “Don’t go there — just don’t. Try not to,” Pascal recalled telling them.
The producer also warned Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone about set romances when they played Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, which was released in 2012. The couple dated for four years, until they called it quits in 2015, a year after their final movie ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ hit theatres.
“I gave the same advice to Andrew and Emma. It can just complicate things, you know?” the producer explained. “And they all ignored me.”
Pascal, who has worked on all the ‘Spider-Man’ flicks, might have some experience with the complicated side. While Stone and Garfield didn’t split until after their franchise wrapped, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst started dating while making their first ‘Spider-Man’ film and broke up before filming the second.
