Zendaya enjoyed filming the three-way scene from the film because she was lucky with her co-stars
Zendaya has spilled the beans on her latest flick, revealing she was totally into filming steamy scenes and felt she got «lucky» to be teamed up with her hunky co-stars.
The Hollywood A-lister, known for her role in Dune, dishes on playing Tashi, a one-time tennis whizz caught in a spicy love triangle with her hubby Art and his arch-rival Patrick, portrayed by Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor.
The 27-year-old actress, who’s off-screen romance with Spider-Man star Tom Holland is no secret, gushed: «Tashi is extremely driven.
She’s a go-getter and she is totally ruthless. The intimate scenes were so good, I loved it. I felt very lucky to be partnered with those guys.»
She added: «And whatever the moment, it always felt like they always had my back and I had theirs.
We were so lucky to have a director in Luca Guadagnino who really encouraged us all to collaborate and to bring our own ideas. It was a really exciting creative process.»
But when it came to serving up some serious tennis action, Zendaya confessed it wasn’t all smooth sailing, as hitting the gym isn’t exactly her cup of tea. She admitted: «How did I meet the physical challenges of the role?
With great difficulty. I am not one of these people who love to work out. But Tashi is supposed to be a top athlete, so there was no getting around it.»
The actress jovially confessed to the Mirror: «Thankfully, I had an amazing group of people who helped, and I learned a lot about air tennis especially and how to look like I know what I’m doing.
We trained for something like six weeks, which was pretty tough. Hopefully, we did a good job and people won’t be too upset.
But I’m not about to give up the day job, that’s for sure! Playing tennis was definitely the most challenging part of making Challengers.»
