Zendaya reveals details behind three-way Challengers kiss with Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist
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Zendaya has revealed the details behind her three-way kiss in Challengers with her co-stars Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. The buzzy movie starred Zendaya as Tashi, a former tennis star who had to leave the profession because she suffered an injury early in her career.
![[The buzzy movie starred Zendaya as Tashi, a former tennis star who had to leave the profession because she suffered an injury early in her career]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/14/16/84307953-14192803-The_buzzy_movie_starred_Zendaya_as_Tashi_a_former_tennis_star_wh-m-11_1734193011125.jpg)
Mike plays her husband Art, whom she molds into a tennis star, while Josh plays her ex-boyfriend Patrick, another tennis player. When Art and Patrick find themselves playing each other during the ATP Challenger Tour, a sizzling love triangle forms between them and Tashi.
![[Mike (left) plays her husband Art, whom she molds into a tennis star, while Josh plays her ex-boyfriend Patrick, another tennis player]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/14/17/84307957-14192803-Mike_left_plays_her_husband_Art_whom_she_molds_into_a_tennis_sta-a-4_1734198768244.jpg)
Challengers became a social media sensation for the electric sexual chemistry between the leads - particularly a kissing scene involving all three of them. Now, in an Actors On Actors interview with Nicole Kidman, Zendaya has lifted the curtain on the process of shooting the scene, via Variety.
![[When Art and Patrick find themselves playing each other during the ATP Challenger Tour, a sizzling love triangle forms between them and Tashi]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/14/16/84307955-14192803-When_Art_and_Patrick_find_themselves_playing_each_other_during_t-m-12_1734193026721.jpg)
Zendaya (center) has revealed the details behind her three-way kiss in Challengers with her co-stars Josh O'Connor (left) and Mike Faist (right). The subject came up when the actresses were talking about the difference between playing a scene spontaneously or acting according to a pre-decided plan.
![[Now, in an Actors On Actors interview with Nicole Kidman, Zendaya has lifted the curtain on the process of shooting the scene, via Variety]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/14/16/93149277-14192803-image-a-14_1734193155898.jpg)
'You can tell if someone’s thinking about what they’re going to say or what they’re going to do with their hand,' said Zendaya. 'I’ve caught myself doing that, when you dissociate mid-take. Or you start thinking: “Why did I just do that with my eye? That was a really weird choice,”' she dished.
![['You can tell if someone’s thinking about what they’re going to say or what they’re going to do with their hand,' said Zendaya]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/14/16/84170141-14192803-_You_can_tell_if_someone_s_thinking_about_what_they_re_going_to_-a-13_1734193150187.jpg)
