Holland and Zendaya were just 20 and 19 years old, respectively, when they first met in 2016 on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming, during the movie's casting and initial production. The film showed British actor Holland as Peter Parker balancing high school life with being a superhero - Spider-Man - for the first time. It also introduced US actress Zendaya as Michelle Jones-Watson - aka MJ - his awkward but intellectual classmate. They even took to Twitter [now X] to make light of the rumours. She posted: "Wait wait ... my favourite is when it says we go on vacations together HA!