Challengers Movie Featurette - First Look
US Release Date: April 26, 2024
Starring: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist
Director : Luca Guadagnino
Synopsis: Tashi (Zendaya), a tennis player turned coach, has taken her husband, Art (Mike Faist – West Side Story), and transformed him from a mediocre player into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of tournament on the pro tour — where he finds himself standing across the net from the once-promising, now burnt-out Patrick (Josh O’Connor – God’s Own Country): his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend. Tensions run high on and off the court as old flames are reignited, competition builds, and love and careers hang in the balance; it’s anyone’s game. Challengers is the new movie from Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name).
US Release Date: April 26, 2024
Starring: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist
Director : Luca Guadagnino
Synopsis: Tashi (Zendaya), a tennis player turned coach, has taken her husband, Art (Mike Faist – West Side Story), and transformed him from a mediocre player into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of tournament on the pro tour — where he finds himself standing across the net from the once-promising, now burnt-out Patrick (Josh O’Connor – God’s Own Country): his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend. Tensions run high on and off the court as old flames are reignited, competition builds, and love and careers hang in the balance; it’s anyone’s game. Challengers is the new movie from Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name).
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00:00 You don't know what tennis is.
00:02 It's a relationship.
00:04 We went somewhere really beautiful together.
00:07 Challengers.
00:10 It's like a tennis movie, but it's not really about tennis.
00:13 Tennis is really just the outlet.
00:17 These characters choose to express their chaos.
00:20 Come on!
00:24 The beginning of the film, Patrick and Art both fall in love with Tashi.
00:28 How often does this happen? Do I have to say I'm a girl?
00:31 Not as often as you think.
00:32 Patrick tries to be Tashi and Art tries to be Tashi.
00:35 Come here.
00:36 Which one of us?
00:37 As they grow older, they have a falling out.
00:47 Maybe disturbed by the fact that she can't be in a zone like me.
00:50 When we were teenagers.
00:51 When we were teenagers.
00:53 And a certain tournament brings them all back together.
00:56 Hey, I love you.
00:58 I know.
01:01 Our director, Luca, had a clear vision for what this film could be.
01:07 Luca is constantly thinking about these frictions
01:11 between what would otherwise be very close friends and lovers.
01:15 This is a passionate love story where the rules of the game of tennis
01:22 become the rules of the game of seduction.
01:25 And that, for me, felt very cinematic.
01:28 This film is a rollercoaster of emotions.
01:33 I'm playing for both of us, Tashi.
01:36 It really challenges you as an audience.
01:39 Let's go!
01:40 And that's what's so fun about it.
01:42 I assume you planned this?
01:44 Not this part.
01:45 Not this part.
01:46 Not this part.
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