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Zendaya admits intimacy coordinator on Challengers was 'very helpful' on steamy scenes with costars Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor: 'It was important that we felt safe'


Zendaya is opening up about the importance of the intimacy coordinator on her new film Challengers.

The 27-year-old Euphoria star spoke about crafting the sports romance's intimate scenes with her costars Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor at the film's premiere in Rome on Monday. O'Connor and Guadagnino appear to have forged a strong working relationship, and the in-demand actor is set to appear in the Italian filmmaker's next movie, Separate Rooms, based on the acclaimed novel by Pier Vittorio Tondelli, which portrayed a gay man's struggles to adjust to single life after the death of his partner. The actor ha also been enjoying collaboration with another Italian auteur, Alice Rohrwacher, after starring in her acclaimed new film La Chimera, which is currently out in limited release.

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