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Zendaya Asks Fellow Tennis Filmmaker Serena Williams for Life Advice

The pair bonded over their shared unique experience of beginning their careers as children.

Zendaya trades in her high-school backpack for a tennis racket in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, out April 26, in which she stars as a tennis prodigy turned twink-collector coach — so it only makes sense that for her dual Vogue and British Vogue cover story, Serena Williams hopped on the line. But rather than delve too deep into Zendaya’s training (let’s just say, the tennis ball was added in post), the pair discussed their unique shared experience beginning their careers as children. Williams commiserated, sharing that she had to find those options later in life by going to design school and launching her venture-capital firm.

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