Challengers Movie: How Hair and Makeup Turned Zendaya Into a Tennis Champion

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Challengers, it's clear she's in complete control. From the strong whip of her braid and sexy moonlit skin as a young rising tennis star, to her sharp honey blonde bob and perfect nude manicure as a mother and mogul, Tashi's look is punctuated by power.Of course, her commanding presence on screen is a testament to Zendaya, who plays the tennis champ-turned coach in Luca Guadagnino's new romance drama.

But her prowess is also clear in her hair and makeup designed by department heads and .Challengers, which hit theaters April 26, ping pongs between the past and present in a series of flashbacks.

We first meet Tashi as a promising young tennis star poised to “make her family millionaires." During a tournament, she meets best friends and tennis players Patrick Zweig and Art Donaldson, played by Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist, who become smitten with her power and beauty.After a brief relationship with Patrick, her tennis dreams are derailed by a career-ending injury, which leads her to coach Art, her eventual husband and the father of her child, to become a grand slam champion.

Hoping to get Art out of a recent losing streak, Tashi encourages him to play a challengers tournament where they run into Patrick, a now washed-up tennis player who has faded into obscurity.