{"id":1962,"date":"2021-02-02T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T03:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=185181"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:28:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T03:28:04","slug":"halle-berry-zendaya-virtual-panel","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/halle-berry-zendaya-virtual-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Yourself A Favour And Listen To Halle Berry And Zendaya In Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_185184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185184\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-full wp-image-185184\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/75372357_2493397434265101_3168815548134130136_n-Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Instagram @zendaya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week marks the annual Sundance Film Festival but unlike years gone by, the anticipated 2021 lineup is absent of glitzy red carpet fashion and screening events. What has transpired however is a series of meaningful conversations and insightful panels. This past weekend saw the Hollywood Foreign Press Association present &#8220;Women Breaking Barriers: An Industry Shift&#8221;, featuring Halle Berry and Zendaya.<\/p>\n<p>Berry has made he directorial debut and stars in the upcoming Netflix sports film, <em>Bruised.\u00a0<\/em>When speaking on the panel, which also featured a cameo from Zendaya, Berry had nothing but praise for the 24-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At 24, that she can have an idea and go get it done and get enough support behind her to get that done and to give her the power and to keep the creativity, I think that says so much for where we have gotten and that is what makes me want to keep fighting, because of Zendaya, at 24, a Black woman can do that,&#8221; said Berry.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch Again: HFPA Presents &quot;Women Breaking Barriers: An Industry Shift&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLCvqFlX6z0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It comes just days after Zendaya&#8217;s forthcoming film &#8216;Malcom &amp; Marie&#8217; was <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/zendaya-malcolm-and-marie-backlash-age-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticised<\/a> for the 12-year age gap between the actress and her co-star John David Washington. While some argue it speaks to a wider casting issue in Hollywood, Berry said during the panel that the project, &#8220;is proof-positive that things are changing and I couldn&#8217;t be prouder and I know you probably can&#8217;t be prouder of yourself, which is most important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zendaya responded, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to work with men who have respected my power, and encouraged it, with that being Sam [Levinson] and obviously John [David Washington],&#8221; the <em>Euphoria<\/em> star said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been lucky to be in those experiences that are collaborative and open to what the world should be looking like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She continued, &#8220;Had it not been for the women before me, I wouldn&#8217;t be in this position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Malcolm &amp; Marie | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CGZmwsK58M8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the conversation, Berry is taking steps to challenge her own 7-year-old son, Maceo Martinez, on rethinking gender stereotypes. &#8220;I have a 7-year-old son, and I have realised what my job is in raising him. If we want to have a future that&#8217;s different, that is where it starts,&#8221; the 54-year-old revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The panel also featured conversations led by HFPA members Elisabeth Sereda and Silvia Bizio, as well as Robin Wright, Andra Day, and Sia.<\/p>\n<p>Starring the likes of Adan Canto and Stephen McKinley Henderson,\u00a0<em>Bruised\u00a0<\/em>follows a former MMA fighter struggling to regain custody of her son and restart her athletic career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":1964,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[36,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch: Halle Berry Praises Zendaya During Virtual Panel - Grazia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Halle Berry is making her directorial debut in the coming days as well as starring in the upcoming Netflix sports film, Bruised.\u00a0When speaking on the panel, which also featured a cameo from Zendaya, Berry had nothing but praise for the 24-year-old.\u00a0Watch here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/halle-berry-zendaya-virtual-panel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do Yourself A Favour And Listen To Halle Berry And Zendaya In Conversation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Halle Berry is making her directorial debut in the coming days as well as starring in the upcoming Netflix sports film, Bruised.\u00a0When speaking on the panel, which also featured a cameo from Zendaya, Berry had nothing but praise for the 24-year-old.\u00a0Watch here.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/halle-berry-zendaya-virtual-panel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-03T03:28:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/HalleBerryZendaya.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/halle-berry-zendaya-virtual-panel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/halle-berry-zendaya-virtual-panel\/\",\"name\":\"Watch: Halle Berry Praises Zendaya During Virtual Panel - 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