Just how gay is ‘Challengers’? The stars of the erotic tennis drama unpack its queer themes

One of the first official looks we ever got of Challengers—the latest film from Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino—was the image of stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist sitting on a hotel bed, anxiously and eagerly looking at one another.

The energy between them practically jumped off the screen. Something was about to go down.

But what that “something” was wasn’t exactly clear. Would Challengers lean into the queer tension of its central trio and deliver a true ménage à trois? Or we we about to see another love triangle romance where two guys duke it out over the affections of the same woman?

Well, now that we’ve had a chance to see it, the answer is yes—to both questions—and the

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