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Zendaya has praised her Challengers co-stars Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist for helping her "smile and laugh" through their workout sessions.
In Luca Guadagnino's new drama, the Dune actress plays Tashi, a tennis ace-turned-coach who becomes involved in a love triangle with her husband and ex-boyfriend, played by Faist and O'Connor, respectively.
During an Ask Me Anything video for Elle, the 27-year-old admitted she wasn't thrilled about the physical preparation required for the sports movie, but her co-stars helped make it a fun experience.
"I'm not the hugest fan of having to work out, I don't necessarily look forward to it, but I had to because my character's supposed to be a tennis pro and clearly I'm not giving tennis pro," she stated. "We had an incredible team of people that we got to learn from but I was with Josh and Mike every day and they were the reason I was able to smile and laugh through our workout sessions. It was a good time, I think we all really needed to lean on each other in those moments."
The trio spent three months in tennis training in Boston, Massachusetts to convincingly portray professionals at a tournament and Zendaya previously admitted that she felt "terrified" trying to get her movements just right.
"The more I had to pretend to do tennis in front of a camera with an audience, the more terrified I felt. And I was not even using a real ball," she told Elle magazine. "I'm just doing the form and footwork and getting my swing right and doing it in front of a whole bunch of people as if it's the US Open, and I'm terrified."
Challengers was postponed from September to April 2024 due to the ongoing actors' strike.
In Luca Guadagnino's new drama, the Dune actress plays Tashi, a tennis ace-turned-coach who becomes involved in a love triangle with her husband and ex-boyfriend, played by Faist and O'Connor, respectively.
During an Ask Me Anything video for Elle, the 27-year-old admitted she wasn't thrilled about the physical preparation required for the sports movie, but her co-stars helped make it a fun experience.
"I'm not the hugest fan of having to work out, I don't necessarily look forward to it, but I had to because my character's supposed to be a tennis pro and clearly I'm not giving tennis pro," she stated. "We had an incredible team of people that we got to learn from but I was with Josh and Mike every day and they were the reason I was able to smile and laugh through our workout sessions. It was a good time, I think we all really needed to lean on each other in those moments."
The trio spent three months in tennis training in Boston, Massachusetts to convincingly portray professionals at a tournament and Zendaya previously admitted that she felt "terrified" trying to get her movements just right.
"The more I had to pretend to do tennis in front of a camera with an audience, the more terrified I felt. And I was not even using a real ball," she told Elle magazine. "I'm just doing the form and footwork and getting my swing right and doing it in front of a whole bunch of people as if it's the US Open, and I'm terrified."
Challengers was postponed from September to April 2024 due to the ongoing actors' strike.