Challengers it’s the new film by Luca Guadagnino released today, Wednesday 24 April, in Italy and presented in recent weeks in Rome. The cast led by Zendaya, Josh O’Connor And Mike Faist was on a promotional tour in Europe, participating in What’s the weather like and going to attend the matches of Monte Carlo tournament. In fact, tennis is a central element in the history of Challengers.
The protagonist, Tashi Duncan is a promising young tennis player who starts a game of seduction with two of his colleagues Art and Patrick. She ends up marrying Art and after a serious knee injury she becomes his coach. After a period of difficulty she enrolls her husband in the Challenger Tour where she will find herself in meet Patrick again and the sexual tension between the three will explode again.
During the Roman preview The Zendaya’s look it was much appreciated for the clear references to tennis, from the pleated skirt to the shoes with balls in the heel. Plus he said he was a big fan of Jannik Sinner: “I always follow his matches when I can, I like the way he hits the ball and his commitment.” During the recent Indian Wells he met Iga Swiatek but they didn’t talk about the film since filming took place in 2022.
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