SPOILER ALERT: This article contains plot details for "Challengers," now playing in theaters. All Tashi Duncan wanted was great tennis. At the end of Luca Guadagnino's buzzy tennis drama "Challengers," the camera freezes on Tashi (Zendaya) as she screams "come on!" following a match point volley for the ages between competitors Patrick Zweig (Josh O'Connor) and Art Donaldson (Mike Faist). The volley got so intense that it ends with Art leaping over the net and falling into Patrick's arms. Is...
Zendaya
The mono-monikered actress has come far since her days as a teen dancer on Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up,” but the climb to meaty roles has been steady, and two seasons of “Euphoria” brought her well-deserved acclaim. In 2020, she became the youngest recipient of the lead drama actress Emmy (and in 2022 the youngest to win two). On the big screen, she went epic in the “Spider-Man” franchise and then with Timothée Chalamet in “Dune.” Zendaya will star in Luca Guadagnino’s 2024 romantic sports comedy “Challengers” and portray singer Ronnie Spector, who personally selected the actor, in an upcoming biopic. Season 3 of “Euphoria” won’t air till 2025, but it’s rumored to have a five-year time jump, potentially allowing Zendaya to take her recovering drug addict character into adulthood. Also in the pipeline: “Dune: Part Two,” coming this spring, and the strike-delayed fourth “Spiderman” movie with Tom Holland.
