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Navigating their space romance stumped her.

How do they show that they like each other?

What does that even sound like?

VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 03: Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet attend the red carpet of the movie “Dune…

We were definitely trying to navigate that, which was funny because all of us were stumped.

I think its just as foreign to us as it probably is to the characters.

The process, she added, was awkward and uncomfortable though totally relatable to most earthlings.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 25: (L-R) Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet speak onstage as they promote the …

I was like, Does Chani get awkward?

Does that happen to her?

Does she know what that feels like?

Zendaya whosdating Tom Hollandin real life said of her Fremen warrior character.

I think something we can all relate to is just love.

These characters literally live on another planet, right?

It was interesting finding these tender moments in such turmoil and chaos.

These characters are just young people forced into really, really intense circumstances.

DespiteZendayas screen time controversy, director Denis Villeneuve previously explained that herexpanded rolewas always in the cards.

For Zendaya, I will say Part One was a promise.

We will follow Timothee and Zendaya on their adventures in the desert.

And watching it felt like just the beginning of this story.