Zendaya is bringing the warmth each on and off the court in her upcoming sports drama, Challengers.

The Luca Guadagnino-directed movie, which hits theaters in September, combines the sector of tennis with a twisted teenage love story that lingers well into adulthood.

Throughout the MGM production, Zendaya’s character, Tashi, will get caught up in a love triangle between fellow tennis stars Art (Mike Faist) and Patrick (Josh O’Connor). Although their teenage flirtation gets a bit messy, it’s no longer till they’re all adults that their complicated relationships are absolutely realized.

When Art and Patrick face off in a “Challenger” match — which is shut to the lowest stage of professional tournament — as grown males, they to find themselves as soon as again butting heads over Tashi. This time, however, Art is married to Tashi and Patrick is no longer part of their friendship group.

“She’s superb,” Guadagnino informed Variety of Zendaya in October 2022, four months after filming wrapped. “I mean, wow. We edited the movie, and we almost in fact don’t use any of her double. She’s so just right.”

In June, MGM released the official trailer for Challengers, describing the movie via social media as a show of “the artwork of seduction and other games.”

In the clip, Tashi (Zendaya) begins off as the only to watch on the tennis court docket due to her skills. Her confidence as a player pours over to her private life as both Art (Faist) and Patrick (O’Connor) quickly fall under her spell. “Aren’t you everyone’s type?” Art asks in the video, prior to each he and Patrick hookup with Tashi.

While Art later claims that Patrick is “not in love” with Tashi, she nonetheless alternatives Patrick as her teenage boyfriend. “What makes you think I need somebody to be in love with me?” she quips.

Fast forward a couple of years and Patrick falls out of her existence, whilst Art and Tashi develop closer. As adults, Tashi turns into a trainer, main Art to grow to be a champion — but their past with Patrick isn’t in the back of them.

“I feel perhaps you’re disturbed by means of the fact that she can have been into anyone like me,” Patrick teases after finding out that he and Art will compete towards every other.

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Tashi, for her phase, appears to be enjoying the display as each men vie for her consideration and the name of tennis champion.

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