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Tom Holland has charmed the internet by saying he has 'limited rizz' and flirts by 'making a movie' with the person he's interested in

Charissa Cheong   

Tom Holland has charmed the internet by saying he has 'limited rizz' and flirts by 'making a movie' with the person he's interested in
  • A clip of Tom Holland saying he has "limited rizz" is going viral on Twitter.
  • Holland told BuzzFeed Celeb that his preferred flirting strategy was playing the "long game."

Tom Holland has charmed Twitter users after saying he wooed his girlfriend, Zendaya, with only "limited rizz."

Rizz, short for "charisma," is an internet slang term that describes one's ability to flirt or attract someone.

In an interview with BuzzFeed Celeb that was posted to YouTube on June 14, Holland, 27, was asked, "What's the secret to your rizz?" to which the actor said that he had "no rizz whatsoever."

Holland said his brother, Paddy, had "ultimate rizz" and was good at flirting with people while he had "limited rizz," or charm.

Holland told BuzzFeed Celeb that his tactic for winning over a person was playing the "long game" and that his ideal strategy would be "making a movie together" with the person he was attracted to — a nod to his relationship with Zendaya, who costarred with him in three of Marvel's "Spider-Man" movies.

"It definitely helps when the characters you're playing are falling in love with one another. You can sort of blur the lines a little bit," Holland said, referring to the roles of Peter Parker and MJ, played by Holland and Zendaya in the films.

"I'm locked up, so I'm happy and in love, so I've got no need for rizz," he said.

A short clip of Holland's answer to the question in the BuzzFeed interview has gone viral on Twitter, as people have said his response greatly amused them.

Some users who reshared the clip said Holland must have done something right to have maintained a long-term relationship with a famous and successful actor like Zendaya.

Others said they were surprised to hear the actor using the term "rizz" because they assumed his relatively limited social-media presence meant he would be unfamiliar with internet culture.

Meanwhile, several users said they were charmed by Holland's declaration of love toward the end of the clip, which they took as a display of loyalty to Zendaya.

"Tom Holland really be making me raise my standards even more," one user wrote.

Holland and Zendaya were first linked after starring together in the "Spider-Man" Marvel Cinematic Universe trilogy. Explosive online speculation about the pair first began in July 2021, when they were photographed kissing in a car, and longstanding rumors that they might have been dating were seemingly confirmed for the first time.

Fans of the couple are hugely interested in their relationship, and theories about the pair often go viral. A recent TikTok conspiracy theory had fans convinced that Holland had a "Z" for Zendaya embroidered into the back of his trousers. In early March, fans theorized that a clip of Zendaya appearing to snub Paul Mescal's attempt to hold her hand at the SAG Awards displayed her loyalty to Holland and compared the video to other clips of the star refusing the hands of male costars at public events.

For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.



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