Was Zendaya scared of Timothée Chalamet smelling her breath? (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

Zendaya revealed the hilarious throwback in an interview with W magazine, admitting, “My biggest fear was that my mouth would be vile, and then I would have to do a scene with Timothée where we have to be really close, and he would smell my dry socket breath.” The Euphoria star had just gotten her wisdom teeth removed before auditioning for Dune, and those cozy close-ups suddenly felt a little too close.

While the concern was 100% real for Zendaya, fans wouldn’t have guessed. Her scenes with Chalamet might’ve been brief, but the chemistry hit fast. The two played Paul and Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, a sci-fi epic that followed Paul Atreides as he wrestled with power, destiny, and mysterious desert dreams. Zendaya’s Chani appeared mostly in those visions, until the film’s end,...