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Zendaya has lent her support to her boyfriend Tom Holland amid his performance in a Romeo & Juliet play that has become embroiled in a racism controversy.
Tom, 27, will play Romeo in the upcoming West End production while Juliet will be portrayed by Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.
Social media was later flooded with a 'barrage of deplorable racial abuse' over the diverse casting, prompting the theatre company to release a statement condemning the abuse Francesca received.
Zendaya told Vogue that she 'could not be more proud' of Tom, adding: 'I’m going to try to see as many shows as I possibly can.'
Speaking on both of their journeys to stardom, Zendaya said: 'We were both very, very young, but my career was already kind of going, and his changed overnight.
Zendaya has lent her support to her boyfriend Tom Holland amid his performance in a Romeo & Juliet play that has become embroiled in a racism controversy
Tom, 27, will play Romeo in the upcoming West End production while Juliet will be portrayed by Francesca Amewudah-Rivers who has received racist abuse
'One day you’re a kid and you’re at the pub with your friends, and then the next day you’re Spider-Man. I definitely watched his life kind of change in front of him. But he handled it really beautifully.'
It comes after Bridgerton actress Arséma Adeoluwayemi Hamera has called on Tom Holland to speak out in support of his co-star Francesca.
Taking to Instagram on Sunday, Arséma, who played young Lady Danbury in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, shared a plea from HBO actress Selina Jones urging Tom to speak up.
'You lot need to put pressure pon @tomholland2023's head top,' the post read. 'I need my guy to say something, ANYTHING, about the disgusting racial abuse being thrown at our angel Fran.'
The post urged people to encourage him to act in any way they could, and added: 'Our power as a people and a community should never be underestimated. Avengers assemble.'
Several other people took to X, formerly Twitter, to voice their frustration at the lack of a statement from Tom.
They wrote: 'Seriously though, he should’ve said something days ago. We got newcomers like Melissa Barrera, Renee Rapp, Ramy Youssef and Avantika speaking up for Gaza and he can’t step in against blatant racism? Spider-man would never;'
Zendaya told Vogue that she 'could not be more proud' of Tom, adding: 'I’m going to try to see as many shows as I possibly can'
Social media was later flooded with a 'barrage of deplorable racial abuse' over the diverse casting, prompting the theatre company to release a statement condemning the abuse Francesca received
'It is incredibly embarrassing and indicting that a dark skinned black woman who has nothing to do with your production is urging you to defend your own co-star. an incredibly useless and spineless man;'
'Like how do you jump on stage and look your co-star in the eye knowing you sat idly by as she endured archaic forms of incessant racism. This is what infuriates me about celebrities not using their power and privilege. absolutely pathetic;'
'What I do know is that his Black costar is receiving extreme racism & death threats because of her Race. I’m sure that hurts more. And Asking Tom Holland to speak out against the racism his costar is facing from some of his OWN fans is ASKING him to do the BARE MINIMUM.'
However while some fans agreed with the sentiment, they also jumped to the Hollywood actor's defence citing that he rarely uses social media.
They said: 'Are
