Zendaya Opens Up About Steamy Sex Scenes Full Of ‘Tension’ In Her New Movie

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Zendaya opened up astir however overmuch enactment there’s going to beryllium successful her upcoming movie Challengers. In a caller interrogation with Empire, the 26-year-old Emmy victor said things get very steamy in Luca Guadagnino‘s tennis movie that explores a emotion triangle betwixt herself, Mike Faist, 31, and Josh O’Connor, 33,

“What Luca’s truly bully astatine is uncovering sensuality and desire,” Zendaya said successful the August 1 interview. “There’s truthful overmuch successful conscionable glances. The hostility builds. Not having the merchandise is simply a bully happening sometimes,” she added.

Zendaya successful ‘Challengers’ (Photo: Warner Bros.)

Josh said successful the interrogation that “the tennis is the sex” successful the 2024 film. “Those moments are truthful sexy,” the British histrion continued. “The movie is dealing with the hostility earlier and after. The enactment they’re each hopeless for is connected the court.”

In Challengers, Zendaya plays Tashi Duncan, a tennis phenom turned coach. Mike plays Art Duncan, Tashi’s hubby and mentee, portion Josh plays Patrick, Tashi’s ex-boyfriend and Art’s erstwhile champion friend. As you tin guess, there’s an highly analyzable dynamic betwixt the trio.

The archetypal trailer for Challengers that came retired June 20 teases the steamy scenes betwixt Zendaya and her handsome co-stars. In a infinitesimal from their younger years, Tashi enjoys some Art and Patrick kissing her, arsenic they each stock a edifice room. The movie is rated R, which makes consciousness aft seeing the trailer.

Zendaya successful ‘Challengers’ (Photo: Warner Bros.)

Oscar nominee Luca Guadagnino directed Challengers. He’s champion known for his films Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria, and Bones and All, which each diagnostic enactment scenes. Luca praised Zendaya’s enactment successful the tennis movie erstwhile they filmed it successful 2022. “She’s wonderful. I mean, wow,” Luca told Variety. “We edited the movie and we astir really don’t usage immoderate of her double. She’s truthful good.”

Luca besides called the Euphoria star “a singular filmmaker” erstwhile helium chatted with Interview. “She is simply a pistillate successful bid and astatine the aforesaid time, she is wholly acceptable to become, to change, to beryllium convinced to bash thing different. She’s ace smart. I genuinely respect Zendaya,” helium said.

Challengers will beryllium released April 26, 2024. The movie precocious shifted from its September 15, 2023 merchandise and 2023 Venice Film Festival premiere owed to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike,

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