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“Something Is Finally Unleashed”: ‘THR Presents Q&A’ With ‘Challengers’ Star Zendaya, Director Luca Guadagnino

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Seija RankinJanuary 10, 2025 • 11:47 PM
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Zendaya and director Luca Guadagnino dive into the primal passion and competitive spirit behind the climactic tennis match in their sizzling new film 'Challengers'.
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  • Guadagnino saw the final scene as a way for Zendaya's character Tashi to unleash her pent-up desires, describing it as 'the most beautiful way of closing the movie, with this liberation of her desires'.
  • Composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, fresh off a Golden Globes win, were tasked with creating a 'loud, propulsive, techno, almost in your face' score that becomes 'a character in the movie'.
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Zendaya, Luca Guadagnino, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Rachel O'Connor, Amy Pascal, Mike Faist, Amazon/MGM Studios, MGM Studios, Challengers
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