Zendaya isn’t just returning to the Spider-Man franchise she’s going back with the person she loves most. In a new interview with Elle, the actress opened up about what it’s really like to suit up alongside Tom Holland for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and her answer was everything fans hoped it would be.
Zendaya Says Filming ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Feels Like Coming Home
“I get to go to work every day with my best friend, the person that I love,” Zendaya told Elle. “We bring our dogs to work; it’s like a family affair. We grew up on those movies! It’s like coming home.”
It’s a quote that cuts right to the heart of why this franchise still means so much. Zendaya and Holland didn’t just fall in love on set they grew up inside the Spider-Man universe, debuting together in Homecoming back in 2017 when they were teenagers. Nearly a decade later, they’re returning not just as co-stars, but as a real-life couple and, by most accounts, as the emotional core of wherever Marvel takes Peter Parker next.
What We Know About ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Brand New Day marks the fourth solo Spider-Man film in the MCU, continuing after the multiverse-reshaping events of No Way Home. Details on the plot remain tightly under wraps, but the title itself is a nod to a landmark comic arc that saw Peter Parker’s life restructured from the ground up a clean slate with real consequences.
That context matters. If the film leans into its namesake storyline at all, MJ’s role could be more complicated than a standard love interest return. The “Brand New Day” comics famously erased Peter and MJ’s relationship from existence. Whether Marvel goes anywhere near that territory on screen remains to be seen, but Zendaya’s warmth about the project suggests she’s been given something worth coming back for.
With Holland and Zendaya both clearly invested personally and professionally Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives with the kind of real-world emotional weight that no amount of CGI can manufacture.