{"id":141865,"date":"2025-01-04T02:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T02:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/i-was-a-shy-kid-says-zendaya\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T02:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T02:01:46","slug":"i-was-a-shy-kid-says-zendaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/i-was-a-shy-kid-says-zendaya\/","title":{"rendered":"I was a shy kid, says Zendaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-01-04\" datetime=\"1735956106\" pubdate=\"\">4 January 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/zendaya\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,zendaya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zendaya<\/a> was a &#8220;shy&#8221; child.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Zendaya was shy during her younger years<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old star first found fame during her childhood, starring in the Disney Channel sitcom &#8216;Shake It Up&#8217;, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/zendaya\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,zendaya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zendaya<\/a> now admits that auditioning actually helped to improve her self-confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood star told W Magazine: &#8220;I was a shy kid, and I gained confidence and a sense of self when I started to audition. I&#8217;d create my own little outfits, do my own hair and make-up. Falling into different characters helped me get out of my shell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/zendaya\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,zendaya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zendaya<\/a> feels that acting gives her a real sense of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The actress has relished starring in &#8216;Euphoria&#8217;, the hit HBO teen drama, and &#8216;Challengers&#8217;, the critically acclaimed sports drama film, in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe explained: &#8220;A reason why I love my job is it allows me the space to be less self-critical and try things, because I don&#8217;t have to deal with the consequences of the character&#8217;s actions in real life. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;When I&#8217;m Rue or when I&#8217;m Tashi, for example, I can just be messy, let the instincts come, and not judge myself because I&#8217;m not judging them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nLast year, Zendaya admitted that she felt &#8220;a little bit terrified&#8221; about returning to &#8216;Euphoria&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe actress &#8211; who plays Ruby &#8216;Rue&#8217; Bennett in the teen drama &#8211; told Vanity Fair: &#8220;I\u2019m a little bit terrified. I\u2019m like, &#8216;Can I even do this anymore?&#8217; I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;To be fair, I get that feeling every time I go onto a new project. You\u2019re always like, &#8216;What am I even doing?&#8217; On that first day on set, you\u2019re like, &#8216;I was terrible. I was s***. Everyone hates me. I\u2019m going to get fired tomorrow.&#8217; And when the director\u2019s like, &#8216;You did a great job&#8217;, you\u2019re like, &#8216;You\u2019re lying. You\u2019re actually lying to me.&#8217; But that\u2019s just part of, again, the Virgo self-criticism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/shy-kid-says-zendaya-1411539.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 January 2025 Zendaya was a &#8220;shy&#8221; child. 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The Hollywood star told W Magazine: &#8220;I was a shy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1092],"class_list":{"0":"post-141865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-zendaya"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}