Zendaya Watched All 5 Twilight Movies Before Working with Robert Pattinson

09 Nov 2026, 15:17 · Thought Catalog

Updated 2 minutes ago, November 9, 2026

This is a fun one. At the Los Angeles premiere of The Drama in March 2026, Zendaya revealed that she had watched the entire Twilight saga before filming with Robert Pattinson. She had never seen any of the movies before.

At the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles on March 17, 2026, Zendaya — in an off-shoulder white gown — and Robert Pattinson, dressed in a blush suit, appear together at A24’s “The Drama” premiere. Photo by Phillip Faraone / Getty Images.

“I was like, ‘How have I never seen these movies before?’” she said. “But I felt like I had to, it’s like a cultural kind of phenomenon that I hadn’t been a part of yet.”

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson pose together at the “Drama” premiere photocall held at the Pathé Palace in Paris on March 24, 2026. Photo by Blanca Cruz / AFP via Getty Images.

She estimated that she had watched them all “in like a day.” Pattinson put the marathon at 2 days, but he had only just heard about it himself.

When The Hollywood Reporter asked whether Zendaya had given him a review, he said, “I literally just found this out in the car on the way here.”

“She liked them, apparently,” he added. “She watched all 5 in 2 days. Impressive.”

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart at the “Twilight” premiere outside the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, California, on November 17, 2008. Photo by Kevin Winter / Getty Images.

The pair were promoting The Drama, a dark romantic comedy about an engaged couple whose wedding week unravels after a shocking confession.

By then, Pattinson had worked with the Safdie brothers, Robert Eggers, Christopher Nolan and Matt Reeves. Zendaya still had some Edward Cullen to catch up on.

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