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Zendaya sailed into the spotlight in a showstopping strapless cream dress for a special screening of The Odyssey as she revealed husband Tom Holland supported her during the filming as she battled with anxiety.
The actress portrays Athena in Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the Greek epic and said she was 'incredibly nervous and anxious' about filming a particular scene which involved a lot of extras – but that Tom, who plays Telemachus in the film, 'came on set that day' to cheer her on.
Speaking at the screening at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, Zendaya added: 'I felt overwhelmed to say the least.
'It was interesting because I was on a night shoot and I remember I came in and I was like this is like a pinch me moment.
'I'm on the set and I'm in front of these people who I've admired but I'm just like I don't want to mess this up.
'I want to do the right thing and what you don't understand too is, you get there, the scale of something like this is beyond what you can really comprehend or understand.
'I was incredibly nervous, which I guess is helpful for the scene, but there's so many other background actors as well who are performing their hearts out, so many, stunt performers who are performing and giving the most beautiful performances.
'It doesn't matter how small or big they are in the shot, they're giving so much and I did not want to be the one that was going to mess up this take, especially when you're shooting on like IMAX film.'
Zendaya with Tom Holland at the special screening of The Odyssey in Los Angeles yesterday
The actress portrays Athena in Christopher Nolan's 2026 adaptation and said she was 'incredibly nervous and anxious' about filming this one scene which involved a lot of extras
The Euphoria star continued: 'So it gave me a lot of anxiety I'll say but trying to channel that was a little bit difficult because you naturally as an actor, you get in your head and you start to overthink and sometimes when you do that you almost constrict yourself.
'So for me I was just open to like the beautiful performances that I'm literally able to see in front of my face and just be as open as you can and be as as vulnerable as you can.
'It helped that Tom came to set that day and he was like in the corner like you got this, you're doing good.
'But yeah, I just I felt so honored because again, you can see the love from every single department that I got lucky enough to be touched by that day. I just wanted to be as open as I could to receive that and give it back because it really is such a labour of love, something like this.'
Zendaya looked incredible in the off-the-shoulder cream dress which featured a daring front split, paired with towering Christian Louboutin stilettos and a pixie cut.
She took to the stage with her co-stars and husband Tom, John Leguizamo and Charlize Theron.
Zendaya and Tom, who got married earlier this year, threw a lavish party on August 4 to celebrate their wedding at the Beaverbrook Hotel in Surrey, UK, per Deuxmoi.
The celebration reportedly set them back more than $600,000.
According to People, Tom's brothers Sam, Harry and Paddy were all there and had lodgings on the grounds of the 370-acre country estate. The trio wore black tuxedos and wildflowers in their lapels.
The Euphoria star said she found it very 'overwhelming' but husband Tom, who played Telemachus in the film, 'came to set that day' to cheer her on
Zendaya spoke at a special screening of The Odyssey at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles
'It helped that Tom came to set that day and he was like in the corner like you got this, you're doing good', she said
Zendaya played Athena in the film; pictured with Matt Damon as Odysseus
The couple went to great lengths to keep their earlier marriage ceremony under wraps, despite Zendaya earing what appeared to be a wedding band.
Speculation spread like wildfire after Zendaya's stylist Law Roach said on a red carpet in March that they had already gotten hitched.
But the English actor finally confirmed the secret nuptials in an interview published by Esquire on June 16.
When asked about AI-generated wedding photos that had gone viral, Tom replied that his family wasn't fooled because 'they were all there' at the actual ceremony.
The two met on the set of their first Spider-Man film in early 2016 and their buzzed-about romance was proven when they were photographed kissing in a car in July 2021.
It's been a busy year for Zendaya and Tom with blockbuster movie releases and global press tours on top of their relationship milestones.
As well as starring in The Odyssey, the couple made a return to their old stomping ground in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which made more than $1billion at the box office.
Zendaya also had her solo projects, wrapping up Euphoria season three, starring opposite Robert Pattinson in The Drama, and gearing up for the December 18 release of Dune: Part Three.
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