The upcoming A24 movie starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson is generating significant attention due to a controversial plot twist. <em>The Drama </em>depicts the unraveling of an engaged couple when a major secret is revealed.

This secret emerges during a game in which the couple is urged to confess the worst thing they have ever done. A shocking confession from Zendaya’s character disturbs her fiancé, plunging their wedding week into chaos. Fans are eager to uncover what her secret in The Drama might be, with various theories circulating online. However, A24 is carefully guarding the central twist.

The Drama has had intimate early screenings ahead of its wide release on April 3. In an apparent effort to prevent spoilers, reviews are embargoed until March 31 (via The Guardian). However, a recent report from TMZ may have disclosed the film’s central secret.

The Latest Reports On The Drama May Have Preemptively Revealed Its Plot Twist

According to TMZ, a father whose son was murdered in the 1999 Columbine High School shooting has expressed outrage at the film’s twist, which reportedly involves an abandoned plan for a school shooting.

Tom Mauser lost his son Daniel in the Columbine shooting and has since been an outspoken advocate for gun reform. Daniel was one of 13 people killed in the mass shooting on April 20, 1999. Mauser’s concern suggests that the big plot twist in The Drama is that Zendaya’s character planned but did not execute a school shooting.

Mauser reportedly feels that centering a planned school shooting in a star-studded popular film could normalize such shootings and humanize their perpetrators, according to TMZ. Mauser expresses particular concern about this sensitive subject matter being included in the plot of a romantic comedy.

The Drama’s genre is unclear, but it appears to include both romantic and comedic elements. Zendaya has described the film as a mix of genres.

“It is a romantic comedy in many ways, but it’s also a drama,” Zendaya said on Jimmy Kimmel Live, “Everybody has their own kind of feelings leaving the theatre, especially with the big twist. There’s so many conversations that are had after you watch it.”

It remains unclear whether Mauser has received confirmation of The Drama‘s plot twist or if he is reacting to the widely supported audience theory that suggests it involves a school shooting.

The Reported Plot Twist Would Explain The Drama’s Trailers & Story Teasers

While The Drama has not officially confirmed a school shooting-related plot twist, it would align with the trailers and teasers.

In the trailer, the couple and their friends each admit the worst thing they have ever done, and Zendaya’s confession elicits horrified responses from everyone present, including her fiancé. Following this scene, the couple struggles, and Robert Pattinson’s character appears fearful of her.

The reported twist—that Zendaya’s character planned a school shooting—would certainly provide adequate cause for a falling out between the couple. However, Mauser reportedly feels that it would be inappropriate to use this as a plot device to create drama between an engaged couple in a romantic film.

Online fans have developed several theories regarding The Drama’s potential plot twist, with the “school shooting theory” gaining particular traction. Proponents of this theory cite additional press materials outside of the official trailers as supporting evidence.

An engagement announcement for the fictional couple published in The Boston Globe, notes that Zendaya’s character’s father is a decorated veteran. That detail could explain her proximity to weaponry growing up.

There have also been casting calls for actors to portray high school students and casting YaYa Gosselin as a young Zendaya. This evidence, combined with the report from TMZ, seems to reveal The Drama‘s heavily guarded plot twist.

No matter what<em>The Drama</em>‘s true plot twist may be, Mauser has sparked an ongoing conversation about how, when, or if certain films should focus on school shootings, considering the impacts and implications of this sensitive subject matter.