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Zendaya is opening up about her co-star John David Washington!

The 24-year-old dished on his performance in their upcoming movie Malcolm & Marie, where they play a couple.

“Now, becoming very close with JD, and knowing the kind of lovely, kind, calm person that he is—I’m just blown away with his work,” she told WSJ. Magazine. “It’s a f—ing performance, because that is not the John David I have grown to know. I don’t know where he went and how he did it, but it was incredible to watch. And I definitely think it helped me as an actress. It challenged me to work a little bit harder to match where he was.”

“When [Malcolm & Marie] came along, it felt a bit like this might be the last thing I’ll ever get to do,” John David shared. “I went to that dramatic [place]. I was like, this is survival, but hey, if this is the last thing I get to do, I truly believe in it. I went from the biggest-budget film in my career [Tenet] to the lowest-budget film within a six-month time frame.”

“I don’t like confrontation. I think that the beauty about the relationship is, at least for Malcolm, some of his best material is probably coming from the confrontation, from their exchanges. But no, personally, I would not operate the same way Malcolm does in any kind of relationship,” he added.

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the trailer for Malcolm & Marie, which was fully created during quarantine. The movie will be out on February 5th on Netflix!

The trailer for Zendaya‘s upcoming Netflix film Malcolm & Marie was just released!

The 24-year-old actress stars in the quarantine-filmed movie alongside John David Washington.

Malcolm & Marie is an achingly romantic drama in which a filmmaker (Washington) and his girlfriend (Zendaya) return home following a celebratory movie premiere as he awaits what’s sure to be imminent critical and financial success. The evening suddenly takes a turn as revelations about their relationships begin to surface, testing the strength of their love.

“It pushed me to trust myself when it comes to my creative instincts…and trust the feeling of knowing if something is good. I like to stay inspired and compelled to create something,” Zendaya previously said about the movie.

Written and directed by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, the film is an ode to the great Hollywood romances as well as a heartfelt expression of faith in the medium’s future and will premiere on Netflix on February 5th.

Zendaya‘s upcoming new film Malcolm & Marie just got a premiere date!

The 24-year-old teamed up with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and John David Washington for the movie, which they created, produced and filmed while in quarantine, over the course of two weeks.

“Now my heart is racing, so much excitement in it,” Zendaya tweeted along with the date announcement. See below!

Malcolm & Marie is an achingly romantic drama in which a filmmaker (Washington) and his girlfriend (Zendaya) return home following a celebratory movie premiere as he awaits what’s sure to be imminent critical and financial success. The evening suddenly takes a turn as revelations about their relationships begin to surface, testing the strength of their love.

The new movie will premiere on February 5, 2021 on Netflix!