Zendaya has been in the public eye as a performer since she was a teenager, which she thinks is why people are having trouble seeing her in more adult roles.The 24-year-old won her first Emmy last year playing troubled high school student Rue Bennett on HBO's Euphoria, and she plays the younger girlfriend to 36-year-old John David Washington in Malcolm & Marie, debuting on Netflix February 5.The actress addressed the 12-year age gap between her and her co-star in a new interview with E!, stating she thinks the controversy is because, 'I've played a 16-year-old since I was 16.' Not a teen:Zendaya has been in the public eye as a performer since she was a teenager, which she thinks is why people are having trouble seeing her in more adult.
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