Shadowing Practice: Tom Holland & Zendaya Answer Fan Questions | Extended Interview - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Me and you are like this today.
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Oh my, it's definitely, you'd have to take avocados.
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Yeah.
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You'd have to.
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I am Tom Holland.
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I'm Zendaya.
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And we are here today to answer some IMDB fan questions.
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One of the best things about playing Spider-Man is getting to work with Zendaya.
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One of the best things about playing MJ is getting to work with...
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Tom Holland.
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Yes.
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There's a bunch of things I could say.
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I think MJ, or at least our version of MJ, is very special to me.
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But I love just kind of being able to take my time with the character.
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I think something Jon has done really well is like, we've really seen her evolve over time and their love story evolve over time.
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So it's been nice to like, see her grow as a character, you know, from being very shy
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regarded in the first film to now kind of opening up and being a little bit more confident and out there.
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Yeah, and maybe positive.
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Who would have thought?
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Not me.
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I think for me with Spider-Man, what I love so much about playing this character is the endless possibilities we have with the action sequences.
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Anything that you can imagine doing as Spider-Man is something
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that George Cottle and his team can recreate in the world of stunts.
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And also, you know, with our amazing visual effects teams, it's just kind of like,
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you I remember as a kid I used to use this app called Pivot where you could animate stickmen.
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Obviously as boys, all we would do is make them fight each other.
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So for me, getting to do that on a much grander scale
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and spend hundreds of millions of dollars from Sony's pocket is really fun.
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One of my favorite Christmas movies, and it is my favorite Christmas movie because I have such a strong connection with it, to it with my mum, is Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds.
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I love that movie.
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My mum and I watch that every year, and it just like, honestly, the pair of us, every year, wet ourselves laughing.
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You don't see that every day.
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I would say, probably The Home Alones.
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Home Alones are excellent, yeah.
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It's pretty great.
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And as a little kid, when you're watching it, you're like, this is sick.
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But you know what's interesting?
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Like, you think that you can do that.
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Yeah, totally.
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But the concept of Home Alone is actually terrifying.
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No, it's horrible.
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It's absolutely horrible.
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Like, if I'm at Home Alone and there's a strong gust of wind and a tree branch, like, scratches the window, I'm petrified.
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Yeah.
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It's the idea of two burglars trying to break in.
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You know that you're in there, and that you're all alone.
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I'm a really good cook, albeit you don't think so.
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And Zendaya claims that she's a really good cook.
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Well, I've never really had the specs.
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To be fair, that black bean burger thing you made the other day was actually really good.
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And listen, I've never had one of your dishes that was so fancy and special.
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Yeah, I specialize in meat dishes and you're vegetarian.
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Yeah, and the meat dish I heard you made your brother said was awful.
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So I don't know.
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It wasn't awful.
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I heard it was awful.
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It was ever so slightly overcooked.
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And when I say ever so slightly, I mean at least 20 minutes.
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It was in there.
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I do these roast potatoes.
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It will knock your socks off.
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Talking all this, but I have yet to taste it, so.
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I'm not lying.
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No. Absolutely not.
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It was so stressful, and we did such a good job.
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I just want to add also, he made it seem like we were going to, you know, we were like, let's keep it chill.
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Like, let's not do too much.
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We're just going to, like, do a good job.
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We're not going to stress ourselves out.
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And we're just going to, like, coast, right?
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Come to show day, there is rain and costume changes and sparklers and backflips.
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I didn't have any sparklers.
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Yes, there is.
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You came out of a private jet and had a cannon full of confetti.
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I'm just saying.
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And you showered me in dollar bills.
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You didn't say that all that was happening.
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OK?
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There's two songs.
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It's Lip Sync Battle.
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You're supposed to pick one song.
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How was he able to do two?
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I don't know.
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It feels like that breaks the rules.
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And there's a rule book somewhere.
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We should look back and recalculate.
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But everyone knows that rules are there to be broken.
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Listen, I have been petitioning for this for a long time.
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And it has not happened yet.
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And I'm very disappointed.
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I must have come to visit Euphoria at least 30 times this season.
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I know.
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We should have tried to Easter egg put you in there.
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I want to be in Euphoria.
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Okay, let me talk to some people.
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HBO.
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God, get them on the phone.
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I'll be honest with you, Bennett.
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You're too close to this case.
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It's changed.
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It's always changing.
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You had some weird ice cream the other day.
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Wasn't weird.
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It was weird.
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No, it wasn't.
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Yes, it was strange.
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It was like pumpkin cheesecake ice cream.
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No, it wasn't even.
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It was weirder than that.
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I don't know, I think it was like sweet potato pie ice cream or something like that.
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But it wasn't my favorite.
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I don't know.
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My favorite is brown sugar almond brittle from Jennys.
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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you do like that.
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I do like that.
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So get me through the end of Euphoria, I was eating a pint of that a day, which is not particularly good for you.
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That's not great for you, no. Yeah, but you know.
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It was really good.
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I'm not a huge ice cream lover.
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We did go to that place the other day, the Salt and Straw Blurts.
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And I just had loads of different types, and I really liked the mint chocolate chip one.
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It was nice.
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He can't get his teeth cold.
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I can eat ice cream with my teeth, but he's got to like...
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I can't do cold things.
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Like, if I get a cold lime and soda and there's too much ice in it and it hits my teeth, it's game over.
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He's got to bite it with his lips.
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Yeah.
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How do you deal with the Frappuccinos, though?
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Don't you like iced coffee, though, Tom?
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I just put it past my teeth.
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I put the straw past my teeth.
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I got...
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Yeah, I would hope that no...
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Who's like drinking through a straw through their teeth?
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Through their teeth?
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Oh.
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That's weird.
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Oh, that would be awful.
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You just proceeded to explain how everyone in the world drinks with a straw.
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Yeah.
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I think Peter would be in Hufflepuff.
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But I think I would be in Gryffindor.
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Yeah.
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Because I think Peter is like a very, very accepting person.
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Whereas I think the people in Gryffindor are real go-getters.
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You know, they're all about the Quidditch team.
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And it's like, I imagine where the jocks are, you know.
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Whereas the people in Hufflepuff, I reckon, like, is where more of the artistic people end up going to, you know?
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But I also think Peter Parker looks great in yellow.
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Right?
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What about MJ?
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MJ.
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Slytherin.
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All day long.
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Lies.
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No. Dirty snake.
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You're in Slytherin. Am I?
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Yes.
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Just because someone is honest and upfront does not mean that they're Slytherin.
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No, no, no. Okay?
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Maybe you could be the person to turn Slytherin around and stop giving it such a bad rep, you know?
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Maybe MJ could.
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I think she'd throw off the beaten path because, you know, Ravenclaw or something.
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Yeah, Ravenclaw's not a bad one.
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You know, something just really, you know, she's like the underrated ones that people don't talk about.
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That's true.
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Nice.
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Zendaya would like to be a Gryffindor.
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You would be a Gryffindor, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Cessa would definitely be in.
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Hufflepuff.
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No, she'd be in Ravenclaw.
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Yeah, they're so cute.
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Because she's quite quiet.
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Whereas Noon.
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Slytherin.
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Slytherin.
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All day.
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Noon is Voldemort.
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He's more of a snake, okay?
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I love that little dog.
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I love that bit of a snake.
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He'll be called to you, but he'll look out for you.
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He's Tom Riddle before he knew what Horcrux is doing.
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No, he'll be called to you and then what?
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Cuddle you.
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That is true.
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Exactly.
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When you need it the most.
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That is true.
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I think it's really nice for him to have someone who he can lean on.
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And I think that's something we haven't necessarily seen in Spider-Man movies before.
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For MJ, I think it would be like that someone loves her for exactly who she is, and that allows her to kind of melt and open up a little bit more.
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The special part for me was just like watching them bring out the beautiful sides of each other.
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Parker's powers include the male spider's ability to hypnotize females.
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Stop, come on.
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Yes, my spider lord.
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Can't you live off avocados?
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Yeah, me and you are like this today.
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Oh my, it's definitely, you'd have to take avocados.
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Yeah.
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You'd have to, like from a pure logistical standpoint, it'd have to be avocados.
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Yes.
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And if you were going to take an album, you mean a record, an album.
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Yeah.
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You'd have to take one record with you.
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Probably the greatest hits of somebody.
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Yeah, like that's what I call music.
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I would take Bob Marley's Legend, the remastered one.
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Oh, that's a good one.
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I think I would do a Donny Hathaway Greatest Hits album.
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Yeah.
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This is a really boring answer, but all of them.
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You know, I've been a huge fan of these movies for a very long time, so in turn, a huge fan of every single character and all the villains.
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So to bring them all back is really awesome.
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I think I'm a big fan of the movie.
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I think I'm a big fan of the movie.
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I think I'm a big fan of the movie.
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Awesome.
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Why?
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Why are you laughing at?
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That's a good answer.
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That's a good diplomatic answer.
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It's diplomatic.
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It is.
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Now you do a problematic one.
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Um, I can't, I can't, I can't choose.
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It's tough.
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And then on top of that, they're also just like incredible actors.
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Yeah.
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Who I would have loved to work with on anything, anyway.
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So it's like a double whammy, you know?
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Plus we grew up with these films, so being able to see my Spider-Man fight these other villains I grew up with,
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it still blows my mind that it even happened.
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What was your name again?
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Dr. Otto Octavius.
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I like the homemade suit.
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The one where it's just pajamas.
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Probably better for you.
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Yeah, it's comfortable.
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I would agree actually and you hate on the iron spider suit, but that one's sick He doesn't like it for some reason Do you know what I really like it?
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Those stupid gauntlets right?
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He can't do
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that with his wrists That's where you draw the line in reality dude That's why people love these movies
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because like albeit it's fantastical Everything makes sense and could totally happen.
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Lies Mate imagine the bruises he must have on his poor hands The metal literally goes grrrrr on things.
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I know.
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And then all of a sudden...
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Nanotechnology, Zendaya.
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So why can't the nanotechnology be on that part?
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Because I don't think it's that advanced yet.
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See, you just realized that you didn't think about that.
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Yeah, caught.
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I'm tired of doing these with you.
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I'm just saying.
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Where's Jacob?
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I could be your guy in the chair.
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That's cool aspects to it.
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I just, this hand thing irritates me.
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That's why when I shoot webs in the suit, I don't do this.
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I do this.
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Well, now that you know it's nanotechnology, you're fine.
About This Lesson
This lesson focuses on improving your English speaking skills through the lively interaction between Tom Holland and Zendaya as they answer fan questions. By engaging with their conversation, you will practice making small talk, expressing opinions, and using humor in English. This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your listening skills while working on your pronunciation and fluency. With fun topics like favorite movies and cooking, you’ll gain confidence in your English speaking practice.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Avocados - A fruit that is often used in salads and on toast.
- Best things about - A phrase to express positive aspects of something.
- Character evolution - The development of a character's traits and personality over time.
- Action sequences - Parts of a movie that involve exciting and dynamic activities or events.
- Connection - A relationship or bond between people, or in this case, with a movie.
- Petrified - Extremely scared or frightened.
- Overcooked - Food that has been cooked too long, making it tough or dry.
Practice Tips
To make the most out of this lesson, consider using a shadowing app to enhance your English speaking practice. Start by listening to the specific dialogue segments between Tom and Zendaya. Focus on their rhythm and tone; they often use laughter and light-hearted expressions, which you should mimic to capture the emotional quality of the conversation.
When shadowing, it's crucial to match your speech speed with the speakers. Their dialogue flows naturally, so pause after each sentence if you need to, then repeat after them. This will help you with shadow speech and improve English pronunciation over time. Aim to practice with the video multiple times, gradually reducing your dependence on listening by trying to repeat the lines from memory. This active engagement will not only help with articulation but also with the dynamic nature of casual conversations.
Lastly, don't be afraid to replay sections that are particularly challenging for you. Consistent practice will lead to noticeable improvements in your English speaking skills, especially when you work with amusing dialogues such as this one.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.