Zendaya's Challengers Co-stars 'Make Out' With Her Wig, She Says 'Try Not to Judge...'; Priyanka Chopra Reacts

Zendaya is gearing up for the release of her steamy tennis dramedy, ‘Challengers’, co-starring Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. On Tuesday, the Hollywood actress took to her Instagram account to share a lengthy post ahead of the movie’s release and revealed that she was being jittery since this would be “my first time leading a film”.

Zendaya, 27, also shared a number of behind-the-scenes photos and videos from ‘Challengers’. One of the videos featured her co-stars Josh and Mike jokingly kiss a tennis racquet wearing Zendaya’s wig from the movie, a witty reference to the most talked-about scene in the movie’s trailer in which both men begin kissing Zendaya’s character Tashi.

“This is the make out scene,” Mike, 32, says in the video, before he and Josh, 33, lean in to kiss the racquet. “A little bts dump in honor of @challengersmovie coming out in a couple days. This is my first time leading a film in this way so ya girls been nervous but everyones excitement and encouragement has meant the world to me,” Zendaya wrote in a caption to her post. “I’m so honoured that I get to do this beside these incredibly talented, brilliant (and hilarious) people and on behalf of all of us, we hope you enjoy the film and again… try not to judge the characters too much lol,” she finished the caption, before adding, “but also #TeamTashi.”

Priyanka Chopra was quick to react to Zendaya’s post as she commented, “cannot wait,” accompanied by a ‘raising hands’ emoji.

Recently, Zendaya opened up about her parents’ reaction to her steamy scenes in ‘Challengers’. She revealed that while they were aware about the content of the film owing to the rating, it was ‘hilarious’ to see their reactions.

“It was hilarious,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “Yeah, I thought it was hilarious. They’ve all seen Euphoria, you know, so it’s not like our first rodeo or anything. It was funny ’cause, you know, obviously I’ve seen the movie many times so I know what’s coming, and they were all sitting behind me, and I got to, like, watch them watch and slowly just be like, ‘Oh god.’ It’s still enough to not want to watch with your aunt.”