Zendaya's racy 挑戦者s three-way kiss scene with Josh O'Connor and マイク Faist was NOT 初めは scripted as director Luca Guadagnino gives behind-the-scenes 詳細(に述べる)s

In her 最新の 役割, Zendaya finds herself in the middle of a 複雑にするd love triangle that has audiences talking.

As the Golden Globe 勝利者, 27, and her 挑戦者s co-星/主役にするs? Josh O'Connor and マイク Faist 促進するd the film, director Luca Guadagnino 明らかにする/漏らすd a pivotal three-way kiss scene was not in screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes' 初めの script.

'I don't think that was in the script at the beginning. Not at all,' he told Entertainment 週刊誌 ahead of Friday's 首相.

'We discussed at length with Justin the 概念 that the triangle needs to flesh out the 可能性 that all the corners touch ― that if you're jealous of someone, you're not jealous of your partner, you're jealous also not to be 選ぶd by the 競争相手.'

Guadagnino explained, 'You want to be the 反対する of the affection of the 競争相手, so you're jealous of not 存在 part of it as much as you are jealous of your partner 存在 chosen.'

Challengers director Luca Guadagnino revealed a pivotal three-way kiss scene was not in screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes' original script

挑戦者s director Luca Guadagnino 明らかにする/漏らすd a pivotal three-way kiss scene was not in screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes' 初めの script

'I don't think that was in the script at the beginning. Not at all,' he said of the scene between Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor

'I don't think that was in the script at the beginning. Not at all,' he said of the scene between Zendaya, マイク Faist and Josh O'Connor

In 挑戦者s, Zendaya plays Tashi, a retired tennis player who coached her husband Art (マイク Faist) to (野球の)満塁ホームラン,(テニスなどの)グランドスラム status after an 傷害 took her out of the sport.?

After 納得させるing him to play a 挑戦者 event, Art ends up across the 逮捕する from Patrick (Josh O'Connor), his childhood friend and Tashi's ex.

The kiss scene takes place toward the beginning of the movie, when the trio are high schoolers staying at a hotel during a match.

While 共同製作 with Kuritzkes on the script, Guadagnino said he 手配中の,お尋ね者 to build upon the 'usefulness and fun' of the scene.

'The idea [is] that Tashi can see what they don't want to see or they cannot see, which is this incredible attraction that they have not only for her but also for one another,' he explained.

'And so Justin made the very funny scene, wrote beautiful 対話, and I thought that the mundanity of this hotel room in Queens was やめる touching in portraying 青年.'

Guadagnino continued, 'For me, it was all about staying there, staying with them, staying with the jokes, staying with the moment of 当惑, followed by the moment of excitement, and 結局 to show the geometry the movie 始める,決めるs up in that moment, the 力/強力にする that she had over them.'

Faist, 32, 確認するd that 'the script did change,' 公式文書,認めるing: 'The script that I think we all 最初 read before 現実に 調印 on and agreeing to the 事業/計画(する) is different than once we agreed to do it.'

Zendaya 追加するd, 'Yeah, there were some 草案s... Luca and Justin worked on the script in Italy before we even all got together.?

In Challengers, Zendaya plays Tashi, a retired tennis player who coached her husband Art (Faist) to grand slam status after an injury took her out of the sport

In 挑戦者s, Zendaya plays Tashi, a retired tennis player who coached her husband Art (Faist) to (野球の)満塁ホームラン,(テニスなどの)グランドスラム status after an 傷害 took her out of the sport

After convincing him to play a challenger event, Art ends up across the net from Patrick (Josh O'Connor), his childhood friend and Tashi's ex

After 納得させるing him to play a 挑戦者 event, Art ends up across the 逮捕する from Patrick (Josh O'Connor), his childhood friend and Tashi's ex

Although Challengers is already being lauded for its steamy scenes, Zendaya previously revealed there is no sex in the movie

Although 挑戦者s is already 存在 称讃するd for its steamy scenes, Zendaya 以前 明らかにする/漏らすd there is no sex in the movie

'I believe [Kuritzkes] hadn't really done a bunch of 草案s of the 初めの thing... and while it was 絶対 brilliant, I know that Luca 手配中の,お尋ね者 to infuse his own things into it, and so that 共同 started やめる 早期に,' she 追加するd.

Although 挑戦者s is already 存在 称讃するd for its steamy scenes, Zendaya 以前 明らかにする/漏らすd there is no sex in the movie.

'We keep 説 tennis is the sex in the movie, and I think tennis 持つ/拘留するs a metaphor for a lot of things: 願望(する)s, passion, 苦痛, 怒り/怒る, 失望/欲求不満,' she told People.

'I think they all use tennis as this way of communicating with each other when they just don’t have the words,' 追加するd Zendaya.

Zendaya also told The Mirror that the 'intimate scenes were so good, I loved it,' 追加するing of her co-星/主役にするs: 'I felt very lucky to be partnered with those guys.'

The Disney Channel alum said seeing her family's reactions to those scenes at the 首相 'was honestly my favorite part' as she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

'井戸/弁護士席, they know it's a R-率d movie,' she said. 'I say, you know, walking into this, if you can't 扱う the heat, get out of the kitchen. I forewarned them.?

挑戦者s is now playing in theaters.?