Zendaya is revealing what tennis celebrity Serena Williams considered her newest efficiency in Challengers.
The actress, who performs tennis player-turned-coach Tashi Duncan within the Luca Guadagnino-directed film, not too long ago spoke to Leisure Tonight about her dialog with the legendary athlete.
“She was like, ‘I do know there positively weren’t actual [tennis] balls,’” Zendaya recalled. “She is aware of. She’s the perfect of the perfect.”
The Dune: Half Two actress added that Williams additionally shared some reward, saying, “She did say that it was nice contemplating that I had by no means, by no means touched a tennis ball earlier than.”
The romantic sports activities comedy, which additionally stars Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor, follows “three gamers who knew one another after they have been youngsters as they compete in a tennis event to be the world-famous grand slam winner and reignite outdated rivalries on and off the courtroom,” in line with the movie’s synopsis.
Zendaya beforehand instructed ET that she was “very nervous about her [Williams] seeing my tennis expertise,” and “apologized prematurely” to her and her sister Venus Williams.
Earlier this week, on the Los Angeles premiere of Challengers, the Euphoria star revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that she received recommendation from her Dune co-star Timothée Chalamet about working with Guadagnino. Chalamet starred in Guadagnino’s 2017 movie Name Me By Your Title.
“He mentioned fantastic issues,” Zendaya, who can be a producer on the movie, shared. “Luca is sensible and I’ve needed to work with Luca for a really very long time and this simply appeared like absolutely the good factor.”
Challengers hits theaters on April 26.