Zendaya in “Challengers”.Photo:MGM/YouTube
MGM/YouTube
Zendayahas a newfound appreciation for athletes.
The Emmy winner, 26, toldELLEthat she felt “terrified” while acting out the tennis scenes in front of a crowd for herupcoming movieChallengers.
“The more I had to pretend to do tennis in front of a camera with an audience, the more terrified I felt,” she said, adding with a laugh, “And I was not even using a real ball!"
“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,” Zendaya said.
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Zendaya for ELLE’s August issue.ELLE Magazine/ Steven Klein
ELLE Magazine/ Steven Klein
InOctober, Guadagnino, 51, toldVarietythat Zendaya does “almost” all of her own tennis playing in his upcoming movie.
“I mean, wow. We edited the movie and we almost actually don’t use any of her double. She’s so good,” the director said.
Speaking about her lead character — who will coach her husband Art in the middle of a losing streak when he goes up against her ex — Zendaya toldELLE, “I still don’t understand the decisions she makes, and we had so many conversations about the psychology of her and why she is that way.”
Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor in Challengers
TheDuneactress added, “What was important to me was that she was unapologetic about it. Sometimes characters who are messy and conflicted and wield power over other people are reserved for [actors] who don’t look like me, so when I get an opportunity to play a character like that, I’ma take it!”
Challengersis in theaters April 26.
source: people.com
