She appears as aware of this as anyone else, telling Variety: “I’ve been playing 16-year-olds since I was 16 …
She’s also proven herself to be a smart businesswoman who clearly wants to stay in the industry for a long time.”
So it was nice to play a character that was not a child any more.
Following Spider-Man, Zendaya proved her blockbuster chops with the two Dune films, and – after her Euphoria acclaim – felt able to move into more character focused film-making.