Daniel Craig gives his verdict on the ‘biggest c**k tease scene in movie history’
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Daniel Craig has declared one iconic scene in a multi-award-nominated film as the ‘biggest c**k tease in movie history’. While chatting with Josh O’Connor for Variety’s Actors on Actors, Daniel revealed his thoughts on one of the biggest films of the year; Challengers.
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Josh, 34, stars opposite Zendaya and Mike Faist in the smash hit movie, which sees three tennis players locked in a messy love triangle across a decade. There was one particular moment that the 56-year-old legend playfully took issue with, which he calls the ‘hotel scene’.
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‘The scene in the hotel room, where they don’t have sex with each other, is the biggest c**k tease in movie history,’ Daniel told The Crown star, who laughed in response. In the hotel scene, best friends Art and Patrick — Mike and Josh respectively — vying for the attention of tennis superstar Tashi (Zendaya).
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After a few drinks, the trio begin to kiss with Tashi eventually leaning back as the boys make out without her, until she says she is going to leave. The pivotal scene sets up key dynamics for their 13-year relationship, with Josh confessing he and Mike ended up ‘giggling’ during the first take.
‘Obviously, I love the end of [Challengers],’ shared Daniel. ‘I love where it goes to: All of that setup, and you get to the moment. Which is what Luca’s about — he wants to hit the moment of love. ‘And you see a love between the two guys that trumps everything around it. I’m just a sucker for it. What else is there?’.
