Zendaya reacts to 'Challengers' filmmaker's directing skills

Zendaya believes the director of her forthcoming movie Challengers, Luca Guadagnino has a brilliant talent for understanding characters.

On the film's premiere in Los Angeles, the Dune star told Deadline, "Luca is brilliant. I think he has such a brilliant understanding of the human experience and deeply understands characters on another level."

She continued, "That was very apparent from the first time I spoke with him about this film and about these characters."

"He just knew who these people were in a deep sense and understood them, their hopes, their wants, their dreams, their desires, their fears."

Expressing joy in working with him, Zendaya said, "It was so special to be able to collaborate with him, work with him, and learn from him as well. We had tennis training and all these great things."

"But we also had rehearsal, which was something he had never done before, and it was just so special for us to have that time to work on the script, dig in, and get to know each other."

Challengers will hit the theatres on April 26.