Luca Guadagninobelieves filmgoers will endorse hisZendayamovieChallengersbecause it delivers a canon of Hollywood golden age comedy seductive fun with queerness.
The movies big sell is a shot of Zendaya,Mike Faistand Josh OConnorkissing one another in various configurations.
Its high-powered social media campaign triggereda $25 million opening weekend globally, defying thepre-summer box office torpor.
(L-R) Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O’Connor in ‘Challengers’MGM/Everett Collection
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Challengers Serves Biggest U.S. As with his other films, Guadagninos narrative tends to dart frenetically between sectors of his characters careers.
Not surprisingly, there are problems.
The triangle is not just about three people but about the corners touching each other, he declares.
If the relationships inChallengersseem complex, so are the technical demands.
She catapulted from teenage roles on Disney Channel to the provocative, Emmy-winningEuphoria.
Faist (Riff in SpielbergsWest Side Story) is cast as the husband.
WillChallengersexperience a build at the box office?
Their efforts likely will receive support from the new Gen Z commentators.
