Zendaya's new movie from Call Me By Your Name director doesn't need sex scenes to make it the sexiest film of the year
In Challengers, the latest movie from director Luca Guadagnino, sex and power play out on the tennis court rather than in the bedroom
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The movie is just as much about tennis as it is about the love triangle between its three key players – Tashi (Zendaya), Art (West Side Story’s Mike Faist), and Patrick (The Crown’s Josh O’Connor) – and it’s on the tennis court rather than in the bedroom that the trio’s passions and betrayals play out. Tashi is a former teen prodigy who had to abandon her dreams of playing professionally after a career-ending injury and now coaches her husband, Art. He has the career Tashi was once destined for, but a little less drive and, after a string of losses, Tashi signs him up for a low-stakes challenger match in small-town New York State. The idea is that an easy win will boost his confidence and put him on track for the US Open – that is, until he ends up across the net from Patrick, his ex-best friend and Tashi’s ex-boyfriend. …