Zendaya’s connection to the Spider-Man franchise actually had nothing to do with the line.

Warning: This article contains spoilers forChallengers.

ThatSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseEaster egg inChallengersactually has nothing to do withZendaya’s own history with the Marvel superhero.

Zendaya in Challengers and Spider-Verse

MGM /Courtesy Everett; Columbia Pictures / courtesy Everett

Lister) interrupts by asking if she can watch the animatedSpider-Versemovie instead of the tennis currently playing on TV.

“Amy Pascal, our amazing producer, was of help there.

It took the director a while to realize the second meaning audiences could get from that reference.

And what a tangled web it weaves.

Additional reporting from Gerrad Hall

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