Zendaya celebrates Tom Holland’s 27th birthday!
The 26-year-old actress shared a series of photos on her Instagram Story on Thursday. Spider Man her co-star and off-screen boyfriend grace them with a series of loving emojis.
Holland had an ear-to-ear smile in a photo as he posed on a cliff overlooking a widening sea. Another picture showed Holland making a heart symbol with his hands while swimming in the water.
Emmy winner euphoria The star responded to the love by matching the images with the red heart emoji and the heart-eyed emoji, respectively.
On her social media account, the birthday boy praised her special day by posting a photo of her wearing blue surf shorts and a helmet.
She took the time to thank her friends and followers for “all the great birthday messages” in the post’s caption, and said it was “probably the sexiest photo ever taken” before ending the caption with the hashtag “#sexyiestmanalive”.
Zendaya jumped into the comment section to leave a “😍”.
A source previously told PEOPLE that Holland and Zendaya “started seeing each other” during filming. Spider-Man: Homecoming Their first movie together in the Marvel trilogy in 2016.
“They were very careful to keep it private and out of the public eye, but they went on vacation with each other and tried to spend as much time with each other as possible,” an insider said at the time.
Holland talked about her aspirations to keep their relationship private during an interview. GQ in November 2021.
“I’ve always been really committed to keeping my private life private because I already share so much of my life with the world. We felt like our privacy was taken away from us,” she said. “I don’t think it’s about not being ready. We just didn’t want to.”
Zendaya echoed Holland, telling the outlet in the same interview: “Equal feeling [we both share] only when you truly love and care about someone, some moment or thing, you wish it to be you. I think loving someone is something sacred, something special, and something you want to deal with, live and experience and enjoy between two people who love each other.”
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The pair made headlines late last month after a fourth person was confirmed. Spider Man The shooting of the movie with the couple continues. However, in a conversation with producer Amy Pascal, he confirmed that development on the project has been paused due to the ongoing writer’s strike. Variation
“Are we going to make another movie? Of course,” Pascal said. Pack up, let’s get started.”