Zendaya thinks it is "hard" for people to think she is anything but 16-years-old

Speaking to E!'s Daily Pop, she shared: "I've played a 16-year-old since I was 16. You have to remember people also grew up with me as a child. It's like watching, I guess, your younger sibling - now they're grown, and you're not ready for it. It's hard for people to wrap [their heads] around the idea that I am grown in real life, even though I do play a teenager on television still."

Meanwhile, Zendaya recently insisted her Disney past is "part of her heritage to a degree" and she is incredibly "grateful" for her career with the channel.

Asked if she still sees herself as a Disney kid, she added: "The thing is, I am. And to a degree, I am grateful for that. That’s where I started, and I learned so much from that experience. It’s just kind of been this slow progression, and I am happy that it’s all been to prove it to myself and not to anybody else, you know? I embrace it a little bit. It’s part of my heritage to a degree."

And Zendaya - who recently started work on her third 'Spider-Man' movie - also confessed she loves playing MJ because it gives her the chance to be a teenager again.

She said: "It’s our third. These things go by so fast. We still have a lot left to do. It’s like running from aliens and things you can’t see. Part of that is kind of fun. A lot of what we do is escapism, just being able to play a teenager again ... My mom worked at the California Shakespeare Theater when I was a kid. I love theatre, and that’s where I learned my love for acting."