Zendaya Reveals Why She ‘Felt That Pressure’ Starring In ‘Challengers’
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The star of the Luca Guadagnino-directed tennis drama said it’s “impossible” to sum up or define the film.
Zendaya admits she felt “pressure” before “Challengers” hit theaters this weekend.
The actor, fresh off the release of “Dune: Part Two” earlier this year, opened up to Entertainment Weekly about how she’s handling the release of the steamy Luca Guadagnino-directed tennis drama.
“I always am nervous — I wish I was joking,” she recently told EW.
She continued, “From a personal perspective, this is my first time leading a film in this way, so I’ve felt that pressure, that fear, burden, or whatever from the beginning of just wanting to make something that I’m proud of and enjoy it, and sometimes that can be very difficult.”
The Golden Globe and Emmy winner stars as Tashi Donaldson, a tennis prodigy who retires and becomes a coach following an injury. Her character is submerged in a tense drama on and off the court as two friends/tennis players (played by Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor) fight over her.
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