{"id":23283,"date":"2019-05-09T10:06:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T16:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1040039"},"modified":"2019-05-09T10:06:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T16:06:52","slug":"zendaya-covers-vogue-and-opens-up-about-life-after-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/zendaya-covers-vogue-and-opens-up-about-life-after-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya Covers Vogue and Opens Up About Life After Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tyler Mitchell\/Vogue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Zendaya<\/a><\/strong> is spreading her wings in new directions.  <\/p>\n

Approaching nearly a decade in the industry, the 22-year-old actress and influential fashion maven is no stranger to the big or small screens. After roles in The Greatest <\/em>Showman,<\/em> Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/em> and its upcoming sequel, the star is preparing to debut her latest work as the lead of HBO’s upcoming teen drama series, Euphoria<\/em>, due out in June. For the intense project, co-starring fellow actresses Storm Reid<\/strong> and Maude Apatow<\/strong> among others, Zendaya portrays a recovering drug addict, vastly different from Rocky Blue, the aspiring backup dancer she portrayed for three seasons of Disney’s Shake It Up<\/em>, her breakout role. <\/p>\n

Last year, she wrapped her most recent Disney project as K.C. Cooper on K.C. Undercover<\/em> and is now about to unveil her latest challenge, one very much outside of the Disney sphere. “Obviously, there’s not much in my own experience of being a teen that I could draw on, especially when it comes to struggling with addiction,” she told Vogue<\/a><\/em> as the June issue’s cover star. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s a totally different thing than being the star of K.C. Undercover<\/em>,” she told Vogue<\/em>. “That first day on set, I was honest-to-God terrified.”<\/p>\n

However, her differing Disney background seemed to have no bearing on executive producer and writer Sam Levinson<\/strong>. In fact, according to the magazine, her photo was on his mood board for the show. <\/p>\n

“There’s a way Z can vacillate between seeming extremely tough and extremely vulnerable, and it’s all in her face,” he explained to Vogue<\/em>. “She can flip on a dime. I felt like, That’s<\/em> the person who can channel this character, and her mix of madness and sweetness. It was an instinct.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Zendaya,<\/p>\n

Tyler Mitchell\/Vogue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While fans wait for Zendaya’s newest performance to unfold on the small screen, the star is also interested in tackling maddening issues in real life, including gentrification. <\/p>\n

“I keep thinking, Is there a way I can help with this, through art?” she told Vogue<\/em>. “I mean, obviously, I’ve got a platform…but I also know, don’t just post whatever. You’ve got to listen to people. Talking is important. But walking the talk is important, too.”<\/p>\n

As for being called an activist, “It’s nice,” she told Vogue<\/em>, “but I’m not. What I’d really like is to reach out to my peers in the Bay Area. Like, there are kids I was in elementary school with, who are out there doing the work. Organizing. Maybe they can help me figure out what to do.”<\/p>\n

Vogue’s June 2019 issue is available on newsstands nationwide May 21.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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