Zaaamn, Zendaya!
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Zendaya is coming into her villain period in provocative tennis drama Challengers that smolders with shady shenanigans, hilariously messy moments, and explosive exchanges between deeply flawed characters just like the one under:
Directed by Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan–a former tennis prodigy-turned-winning-obsessed coach who’s unapologetically #TeamTashi on and off the courtroom.
Married to a champion down on his luck (Mike Faist), Tashi’s technique for her husband’s redemption takes an sudden flip when he faces off in opposition to his washed up ex-BFF Patrick (Josh O’Connor) who’s additionally Tashi’s ex-boyfriend.
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As their pasts and presents collide, Tashi should ask herself how far she’s keen to go and what she’s keen to do to win.
“Usually, I play the person who finally is simpler to empathize with,” stated Zendaya in her cowl story interview with VOGUE. “There was one thing about her that felt very, ‘Oh, rattling.’ “Even I used to be sort of petrified of her.”
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As soon as once more making magic with famed stylist Regulation Roach, Zendaya has served up tennis-inspired slays whereas commanding carpets as Hollywood’s leading-lady-of-the-moment on the worldwide Challengers press tour.
“I really feel like I shrink, and I can’t take pleasure in all of the issues which might be taking place to me, as a result of I’m like this,” she advised THR when requested about relishing in her first main main function. “I’m very tense, and I believe that I carry that from being a child and by no means actually having a possibility to only attempt sh*t. And I want I went to highschool.”
With the most important movie of 2024 (thus far) and a surefire field workplace hit on the best way, we’re certain the 27-year-old will lastly take time to take pleasure in her success.
Challengers opens in theaters April 26.
