Challengers: Zendaya, Luca Guadagnino’s new muse

After leading Timothée Chalamet to success thanks to Call me by your name, Luca Guadagnino adopts a star who, despite her very young age, managed to conquer the world jet-set thanks to a charisma and charm that is nothing short of out of the ordinary: let’s talk about Zendaya who, after having walked right next to Chalamet in Venice and having conquered the box-office around the world with the latest chapter of Spider-Man, prepares to become the protagonist of ChallengersGuadagnino’s new project dedicated to the world of tennis.

The film, which will go into production in the spring, will, in fact, follow the events of a tennis champion who became a coach named Tashi, played by Zendaya. Together with her in the cast, however, he will also find space Josh O’Connor, best known for lending his face to Prince Charles in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown on Netflix and for impersonating the character of Mr. Elton in Emma, alongside the “chess queen” Anya Taylor-Joy.

For Luca Guadagnino this is a particularly challenging period: he is putting the finishing touches on Bones & Allhis latest film shot in America that saw him work once again with Timothée Chalamet, as he prepares to make a biopic, announced a few weeks ago, about Audrey Hepburn with Rooney Mara in the title role. There is also talk of the remake of Return to Brideshead which, given the director’s numerous commitments, could be postponed to a later date.