Zendaya Accepts the Big Screen Achievement Award at CinemaCon 2023, Talks 'Spider-Man' & Storytelling

Zendaya won big while attending 2023 CinemaCon on Thursday evening (April 27).

The 26-year-old Spider-Man: No Way Home actress was awarded the Big Screen Achievement Award during the ceremony, which was hosted at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

She opened up about her passion for her craft and revealed a special connection to the Spider-Man franchise that tracks back to years before she signed on to act alongside her boyfriend Tom Holland in the movies.

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“I think my gift is storytelling. That’s what I love to do, and it means nothing if those stories don’t get to the people they need to get to,” she said while onstage, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Zendaya explained that her first date was to go see Spider-Man in theaters. She was 15 at the time.

“Now I consider myself honored to be able to buy a ticket and sneak into the back of one of your theaters, which I’ve done many times before, and watch my own,” she said near the end of her speech. “And it’s been so special because I get to watch what the movie going experience does for people. It’s healing and it’s magical and I feel so grateful to be a part of it.”

This wasn’t Zendaya‘s first appearance during CinemaCon this week!

FYI: Zendaya is wearing Versace FW01 RTW and Bulgari jewelry.

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