The Zendaya-led ‘Challengers’ is much more than a sexy tennis movie : Pop Culture Happy Hour

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The terrific new film Challengers is about being intense about tennis, sex, and competition. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Zendaya as Tashi, a tennis coach and object of desire to two men. She’s married to Art (Mike Faist), who is facing his old friend Patrick (Josh O’Connor) at a Challengers event. This reopens all the trio’s old wounds, and they excavate all of their relationships with each other.

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