SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Challengers.
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Zendaya not only stars in Luca Guadagnino‘s Challengers but is also a producer in the film written by Justin Kuritzkes.
At the LA premiere, the film’s star talked to Deadline about working with Guadagnino in the movie, which she co-stars in with Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist.
“Luca is brilliant. I think he has such a beautiful understanding about the human experience and deeply understands characters on another level,” she told us. “That was very apparent from the first time I spoke with him about this film and about these characters. He just knew who these people were in a deep sense and understood them, their hopes, their wants, their dreams, their desires, their fears.”
She continued, “It was nice. It was so special to be able to collaborate with him, work with him, and learn from him as well. We had tennis training and all these great things. But we also had rehearsal, which was something he had never done before, and it was just so special for us to have that time to work on the script, dig in, and get to know each other.”
Zendaya on working with Luca Guadagnino as both an actress and producer and developing her #ChallengersMovie character, Tashi pic.twitter.com/uE79H9hkKy
O’Connor echoed his love of working with Guadagnino, saying it was an honor.
“It was a pleasure working on this movie,” he told us on the red carpet. “When you got a director like Luca, it’s such an inspiration. He knows exactly what he’s doing in any given scene, and it’s a real treat and an honor.”
Josh O’Connor on working with Luca Guadagnino for #ChallengersMovie pic.twitter.com/1ztIdjZLHh
Faist also took a moment to chat with Deadline about what excited him about taking on the role of Art Donaldson.
Mike Faist on what excited him about taking
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Challengers.
J. Kim Murphy “Challengers” netted a $6.2 million opening day from 3,477 North American theaters, a figure that includes $1.9 million from preview screenings. Amazon MGM Studios‘ love-triangle drama is set to match industry projections for a $15 million debut.
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Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist are talking Challengers.
Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Game, set… but there’s not much of a match. “Challengers,” a steamy tennis drama starring Zendaya and directed by Luca Guadagnino, is poised to lead the domestic box office without much in the way of competition. The film, from Amazon MGM, is projected to collect $12 million to $15 million from 3,400 North American theaters in its opening weekend.
Zendaya wonders why her kissing scenes get a lot of attention when she’s just doing her job.
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The Challengers stars are still hard at work at their press tour!
Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” is sweaty, sexy and full of angst. The film, which hits theaters April 26, centers on a love triangle between three tennis players with deeply competitive spirits both in the game and off the court.
Based on the marketing, you might think “Challengers” is at its core, a tennis movie and, well, it sort of is. The film is certainly set in the world of tennis, you can’t deny that, and at one point, Zendaya’s character Tashi Duncan remarks, “We’re always talking about tennis.” The sport is at the center of her life.
Zendaya switched into a second look of the night at the LA premiere of her new movie Challengers held at Westwood Village Theater on Tuesday night (April 16) in Los Angeles.
Zendaya is gracing the red carpet!
Zendaya is still hard at work on the press tour for her new movie!
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Anyone who’s ever played tennis knows the game starts with love and escalates fast. In Luca Guadagnino’s hip, sexy and ridiculously overheated “Challengers,” the rivals are former doubles partners Art Donaldson (Mike Faist) and Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor), best friends since the age of 12, who went their separate ways after both players fell for the same woman. Patrick got there first, but Art wound up marrying her — and their sense of competition has only intensified since.
In Challengers, Luca Guadagnino serves up a film that is as much about the volleys of human emotion as it is about the physical rallies on the tennis court.
Zendaya is switching up her look in the midst of promoting her new movie Challengers!