The 27-year-old Emmy winner plays a tennis player-turned-coach Tashi in the film as she navigates the game she loves amid a love triangle between her and co-stars Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor.
- May 30, 2024
AceShowbiz - Zendaya Coleman was trending on X (formerly Twitter) after a social media user criticized her performance in the "Challengers" movie. While some questioned her acting skills, others came to her defense.
For the record, the 27-year-old, who has landed some of the most lucrative roles in Hollywood, plays a tennis player-turned-coach Tashi in the film as she navigates the game she loves amid a love triangle between her and co-stars Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor. The project was out in April and has earned $86 million at the box office.
Still, the box office success didn't guarantee that people loved the project. "saw challengers last night… perplexed by how zendaya delivers all her lines. seems overdone in a way i previously thought was due to a poor script or the severity of her roles (malcolm & marie, dunes, etc). friend said she treats everything like a disney channel original movie," one person argued.
Another opined, "Zendaya is sexy but not a sexual being. I can't think of a single piece of media where she had chemistry with another person." The individual added, "The boys were shouldering the burden in Challengers, and luckily her character could withstand her asexuality. It's totally disney-related."
A different user, meanwhile, defended Zendaya by asking, "What do you want Zendaya to do? Show her naked body and have multiple sex scenes on screen in order for you to be satisfied about her being a 'sexual being'??" Someone else chimed in, "I am not the world's biggest Zendaya defender and a few months ago I was pretty unsure about how good of an actress she actually is but she was elite in Challengers and I think you are just being contrary to argue differently."
