
Zendaya pays visit to ice cream shop in Inverness while filming new movie
Zendaya has been spotted in a local ice cream shop in Inverness while she and boyfriend Tom Holland are in Scotland for the filming of Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, The Odyssey. The 28-year-old actress paid a visit to Miele's Gelateria in Inverness for an ice cream in the hot weather on Monday evening and posed for a sweet selfie with one of the staff members.
Miele's Gelateria uploaded a post to Facebook which read: "Our very own Superstar Joss with Zendaya last night down at Miele's Inverness. Any guesses what 3 flavours Zendaya went for? Seemingly she wants to come back for a few more testers with Tom.....
"Team Miele's have done so well this weekend with it being so hot and busy, we are super proud of each and every one of them for providing excellent service under lots of pressure. Also thanks to our customers too for their patience! So it was a great buzz to welcome the Hollywood star to our team of superstars here at Miele's!
"P.s Joss definitely wasn't star struck AT ALL! #mielesgelato #inverness #hollywood #stars #zendaya #tomholland #odyssey #spiderman #team #gelato #filming #scotland
Zendaya and Spider Man star Tom Holland are currently in Scotland while they film Nolan's upcoming movie, The Odyssey, which is set to be released in July 2026.
Director Christopher Nolan has also been spotted in and around the Highlands while Hollywood icon Matt Damon, who also stars in the film, was snapped dining out in Edinburgh last week.
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Excited fans rushed to the comment section of Miele's post as one wrote: "So cool!!!"
Another replied: "No way! We should have went to Inverness" and tagged a fellow Facebook user.
Someone else asked: "What ice cream did she get?"
While a fourth disappointed fan wrote: "They were in XoKo the other day and I missed them by like 5 minutes."
Zendaya and Tom were spotted strolling along Church street at the weekend as they popped into a local coffee shop amid their busy schedules.
The owners of XOKO also shared the moment on their social media page: "Spider-Man marvels at his XOKO Flat White, whilst in Inverness".
Tristan Aitchison, owner of XOKO, confirmed they had been in on Sunday, telling the Press and Journal: 'Tom Holland and Zendaya came in in the late afternoon, around 3pm, for a round of coffee for themselves and the people they were with.
'We don't do selfies with our customers, and we treat everyone the same — so we were delighted to see someone had taken their photo on Church Street, and our cup is in the frame.'
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