Zendaya has called her new movie Challengers “incredibly sexy” even though there are no actual sex scenes in the film.
The Euphoria star, 27, who plays a fallen tennis icon in the film, said “tennis is the sex” in the story, despite the film’s steamy love triangle plot between Zendaya’s character and his co-stars Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. very often.
She said People: “I’ve been asked a lot about sex scenes, like, ‘What was it like filming the sex scenes?’ from people who’ve seen the movie and I’m like, ‘What sex scenes?’
And they’re like, “Oh my God, technically no.”
‘We keep saying that tennis is sex in the movie, and I think tennis contains a metaphor for many things: desires, passion, pain, anger, frustration.
Zendaya has called her new movie Challengers “incredibly sexy” even though there are no actual sex scenes in the film.
The Euphoria star, 27, who plays a fallen tennis icon in the film, said that “tennis is the sex” in the story, despite the film’s steamy love triangle plot between the character Zendaya and her co-stars Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist (pictured). ) – very often
“I think everyone uses tennis as a way to communicate with each other when they just don’t have the words.”
In Challengers, scheduled for release on April 26, Zendaya’s character, an aspiring tennis star, abandons her career after suffering a major injury.
Instead, she focuses on training her colleague Art, played by Mike Faist, whom she falls in love with and marries.
But Tashi finds her feelings dangerously divided after Art signs up for the Challenger Tour, where he confronts Tashi’s ex-boyfriend Patrick, played by Josh O’Connor.
The steamy film comes from Suspiria and Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino and features several steamy scenes.
The acclaimed filmmaker praised Zendaya’s talent and explained that he worked with tennis player and former player Brad Gilbert to prepare for the role.
Luca gushed to Variety last October: “She’s wonderful. I mean, wow. We edited the film and hardly used any of her stunt doubles. She is so good.
He added that “the three protagonists spent about three months working very hard, technically and athletically.”
Zendaya plays Tashi Duncan, a tennis star who abandons her career after suffering an injury. The film has several exciting scenes; seen with co-stars Mike and Josh
She said: “We keep saying that tennis is sex in the movie, and I think tennis is a metaphor for a lot of things: desires, passion, pain, anger, frustration.”
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In a recent interview, Zendaya admitted that having an intimacy coordinator on set was “very helpful” and praised them for maintaining a “safe” environment on set.
“We had an intimacy coordinator who was fantastic and very helpful, because it was important for us to feel safe,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is filled with “intense” erotic scenes between Zendaya and her protagonists, so the trio needed to find ways to relax when they were in front of the camera.
‘I talked to my colleagues so we could find a way to feel at ease. We play tennis together, we hang out together, we rehearse together,” she shared. “We have to come together and feel good about each other.”