Is Challengers a True Story? No, But Zendaya's Tennis Movie Was Partially Inspired By a Real Couple
glamour.comerotic new Challengers is turning more heads than volleys at .In the film, Zendaya's character Tashi is the ultimate tennis It-girl until a crushing injury forces her to the sidelines, where she serves as her husband Art's tennis coach.
However, when Art (Mike Faist) finds himself on a losing streak after recovering from his own injury, she enters him into a low-stakes competition to get his head back in the game.
Instead, the couple find themselves in a sexually charged conundrum when Art has to face off against his ex best friend and Tashi's ex flame Patrick (Josh O'Connor).The movie hit theaters on April 26 and has already scored —but what if I told you Zendaya and Faist's characters were partially inspired by a real-life former tennis couple?
Do you think you'd be able to guess which one? Keep in mind, we're talking about tennis dynamics here, not the threesomes and love triangles.Although screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes realized tennis was “cinematic” while watching defeat at the 2018 US Open, it turns out Tashi's backstory has a lot in common with wife Mirka Federer.In an , Kuritzkes said he was struck by Mirka's “stressed out” expressions during her husband's 2019 Wimbledon match against Novak Djokovic.
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