Challengers, currently in theaters, is Luca Guadagnino’s love triangle set in the world of tennis. A tennis movie is rare, and it deserves praise, especially when the competitive scenes, as they are here, are remarkably well done. But there is an even more surprising highlight in this film…
title challengersWe find the very popular Zendaya, known for her role as MJ in the latest series of superhero movies, alongside Tom Holland. After playing Spider-Man’s girlfriend, the actress finds herself playing tennis in the film… and what? Take a second or three… still don’t see where we’re going with this?
This is quite incredible and undoubtedly unintentional, but Zendaya is the third actor to play a tennis player in a movie after playing Spidey’s sidekick for Marvel Studios. Knowing that the sport is still underrepresented on screen, the anecdote is delicious…
Kirsten Dunst and Emma Stone also move from the canvas to the ball
After playing Mary Jane Watson in the first film of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, actress Kirsten Dunst took to the courts of the prestigious Wimbledon tournament in The Greatest Victory, where she played against Paul Bettany. Then it’s back to answer Spider-Man, played by Tobey Maguire.
As for Emma Stone, after playing the character of Gwen Stacy under Andrew Garfield, the little yellow ball also had a meeting in the battle of the sexes. A film that sees him lend his qualities to champion Billie Jean King, who has been invited by virginity and provocateur Bobby Riggs to square off before him.
Our meeting with the “Challengers” team:
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