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Zendaya<\/a> is revealing what some tennis greats thought about her latest performance. ET’s Denny Directo spoke to the actress and her\u00a0<\/span>Challengers\u00a0<\/span><\/em>co-stars about their film, and Zendaya shared how <\/span>Serena<\/a> and <\/span>Venus Williams<\/a> responded to the project.<\/span><\/p>\n While Zendaya said she hadn’t talked to Venus about the film yet — “fingers crossed” she’d approve of her tennis skills, the actress said — she did speak to Serena in regards to the flick.<\/span><\/p>\n “She was like, ‘I know there definitely weren’t real [tennis] balls,” Zendaya revealed of Serena. “She knows. She’s the best of the best.”<\/span><\/p>\n Serena did have some praise for Zendaya, as the <\/span>Euphoria<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>star recalled, “She did say that it was great considering that I had never, never touched a tennis ball before.”<\/span><\/p>\n That has to be welcome news for\u00a0Zendaya, who <\/span>previously\u00a0“apologized in advance”<\/a> to the sisters for her onscreen tennis abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to the <\/span>Williams sisters<\/a>, whose famed\u00a0<\/span>Vogue\u00a0<\/span><\/em>look <\/span>Zendaya recently recreated<\/a>, Zendaya said that some of her family members, including her parents, have seen the movie, something she finds “hilarious” given its sexy nature.<\/span><\/p>\n “They all know the rating of the movie. They know what it’s about. They’ve been forewarned. And they’ve all seen <\/span>Euphoria<\/span><\/em>, so it’s not like our first rodeo or anything,” she noted of her HBO series. “It was funny ’cause obviously I’ve seen the movie many times, so I know what’s coming. They were all sitting behind me and I got to watch them watch and slowly just be like, ‘Oh God.'”<\/span><\/p>\n When it came to filming those sexy scenes, Zendaya’s co-stars Mike Faist and <\/span>Josh O’Connor<\/a> told ET that it’s “practical” more than anything.<\/span><\/p>\n “That’s the magic of film making, is what comes out of the screen,” Josh said. “When I was watching it, it’s really racy, really exciting, on the edge of your seat. In reality, we laughed. [During the] three-way kiss scene, there’s a guy really close to us holding a boom and a camera right here.”<\/span><\/p>\n Zendaya added, “It’s not just the three of us. It’s a whole crew also who’s a part of the scenes.”<\/span><\/p>\n Challengers\u00a0<\/span><\/em>will hit theaters April 26.<\/span><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n