Challengers: Zendaya Plays Tennis, and Love Games, in Her New Movie
20.06.2023 - 19:13
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Challengers, the latest from Italian director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) offers up romance and intrigue, and allows our girl Z to do what she does best: . Here's everything we know about the new movie:Zendaya plays Tashi, Mike Faist (West Side Story) plays Art and Josh O'Connor (The Crown) plays Patrick, who meet as teens on the tennis circuit. Per , other cast members include Jake Jensen and A.
J. Lister.Per , “Challengers follows Tashi, a player-turned-coach who, until recently, had shaped her husband, Art, into a perfect player too. But when Art winds up on a losing streak, he’s entered into a low-league challenger tournament to prove himself again.
On the way, he is forced to play against Patrick, Tashi’s old boyfriend and their teenage best friend, catalysing a complex love triangle.” Complex and queer. We're not certain how steamy it gets, but it's rated R…so…At least part of the movie was filmed in Boston, which must have been a nice break for Zendaya after mucking about in the sand for Dune.Set to Rihanna's “S&M,” we get two minutes of competition and crackling chemistry. Look at her French tips! The 2010s vibes are strong.Challengers hits theaters September 15, except in France where it's going straight to streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
It'll probably premiere at a film festival before then, but nothing has been announced.If you simply cannot wait, there are, thankfully, a bunch of other tennis movies to tide you over, including Match Point, Wimbledon, The Battle of the Sexes, and King Richard.This post will be updated.By Whitney Perry By Hanna LustigBy Emily TannenbaumBy Kathleen WalshMore from GlamourSee More Stories© 2023 Condé Nast. All rights reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance
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