Zendaya is an example of a movie star who got their start on the Disney Channel and just keeps on killing it. In her first leading lady film role, she’ll be starring in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers about a love triangle that’s stretched out for years in the realm of tennis. Because playing the role of a tennis player involved serious tennis training, the 26-year-old committed a rare celebrity move admitting workouts were not her favorite part of role preparation and I give her so much credit for that.
Based on the first trailer of Challengers, we see Zendaya showing no mercy hitting some serious balls out on the tennis court while playing Tashi. As we know the Spider-Man: No Way Home actress is not a tennis player in real life, she had to go through some serious training to look the part of a pro. When asked by Elle what her favorite memory on set was, she gave an answer about her tennis training you would rarely hear celebrities admit.
