Zendaya and Robert Pattinson attend the Los Angeles premiere of A24's 'The Drama' at DGA Theater Complex on March 17. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images Zendaya‘s prep for her new dark comedy The Drama? A Twilight marathon, of course.
The superstar appears alongside Robert Pattinson in the A24 film, which follows an engaged couple whose wedding week is thrown off the rails after one of them reveals a big secret. And despite being the prime age to have experienced the Twilight craze, Zendaya had never seen the franchise, and decided to fix that before working with Edward Cullen himself.
“I was like, ‘How have I never seen these movies before?’ But I felt like I had to, it’s like a cultural kind of phenomenon that I hadn’t been a part of yet,” she told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s L.A. premiere on Tuesday. “I watched all of them in like a day. It was great, I enjoyed myself.”
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Zendaya says she watched all the #Twilight films "in like a day" ahead of filming her movie #TheDrama with co-star Robert Pattinson pic.twitter.com/2qyiDyrGvw
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 18, 2026
Pattinson was totally unaware she had done this, and said he just learned about it on his way over to the red carpet. “It’s interesting, [she’s like] ‘Just got to see what he’s about,'” he joked. “She liked them apparently. She watched all five in two days, that’s impressive.”
And it seems to have laid good groundwork for the pair, who after The Drama also worked together on The Odyssey and Dune 3, which both come out later this year.
Robert Pattinson reacts to his co-star Zendaya watching all his #Twilight movies before filming #TheDrama pic.twitter.com/qCt31v9sxv
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 18, 2026
“It was all kind of random,” Pattinson said of going from having never worked together to doing three straight projects. “I think we got Odyssey during the shoot on this, and everything was so secret as well so we were like, ‘Did you get a call about the thing the other day?’ And we’re like, ‘Maybe, did you get a call about the thing?’ It was so fun, I love working with her. I think she’s great and I’d do it again and again.”
But for now, it’s all about their very unconventional rom-com, as Zendaya emphasized, “These characters are unique. They’re very unique people and the circumstance is quite unique and it reveals a lot about love, about what we’re willing to do for love, what we’re willing to accept, and how much you really know your partner.”
Writer-director Kristoffer Borgli described the film as “a very chaotic love story” that doesn’t fit neatly into any specific genre. The secret that is revealed between the couple is also being highly guarded in the film’s trailer and marketing, which he explained, “We want the audience to go through the same experience as the characters in the movie, where they get to be surprised by something. So we’re trying to hold that reveal sealed to protect the best experience watching the movie.”
He continued, “Don’t read reviews, don’t go online, try to go in with nothing, that’s what I would say. I think that’s the best way to see the movie.”
The Drama hits theaters April 3.
Robert Pattinson & Zendaya pose together at the premiere of their new film #TheDrama 💍🤍 pic.twitter.com/jksrM3z3MB
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 18, 2026
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