, is getting Oscar buzz—and backlash. Euphoria creator Sam Levinson wrote the film for Zendaya, but her age gap with love interest John David Washington is causing some criticism among fans.
Twenty-four-year-old Zendaya plays 36-year-old Washington's girlfriend in the black-and-white drama set to premiere February 5 on Netflix.“I've played a 16-year-old since I was 16,” Zendaya told , regarding the controversy. "You have to remember, also, people grew up with me as a child.
It's like watching, I guess, your younger sibling now, you know, they're grown... So it's hard for people to wrap around the idea that I am grown in real life.
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