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When you first lay your eyes on Tashi Duncan inChallengers,its clear shes in complete control.
But her prowess is also clear in her hair and makeup, designed by department headsMassimo GattabrusiandFernanda Perez.
Challengers, which hit theaters April 26, ping-pongs between past and present in a series of flashbacks.
We first meet Tashi as a promising young tennis star poised to make her family millionaires.
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Patrick faces off with Art in a deciding tennis match to end their years-long rivalryall under Tashis watchful eye.
But no matter the timeline, Tashis look is always underlined by power.
We did big research with video and pictures of real tennis players, says Gattabrusi.
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We saw tennis players with long hair and long braids, and it impressed usthis powerful hairdo.
The choice to go in this direction was thinking about a determined person, a warrior.
At this young age, she is powerful and wants to win.
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After Tashi suffers her injury, she finds herself lost and wondering what to do next.
But Tashi cant help but want more from her coaching careerand marriage.
Once Patrick reappears, she finds herself once again at the center of the mens lust and ambitions.
In the third act we are looking at another kind of power, says Gattabrusi.
[It] makes her look more mature, more of a mother.
And with a different kind of power.
Glamour:What references were used to create Tashis beauty look?
They have a really great collaboration with a really great empathy.
When we showed the mood board to Zendaya, we were on the same page.
I have to say, she agreed with everything.
But it was a mix of a bunch of tennis players.
We tried to figure out what we liked more for the film.
Not one specific reference.
What are the key differences between Tashis look as a teenager versus as an adult?
But at the beginning, shes wearing nothing.
We just gave them the guidelines for the character.
Always classy, but more bold lips.
The shadows of the face were different from the beginning.
Zendaya had free reign to construct the character because she totally understood [the vision].
When Tashis talking to Josh and Art on the beach, her skin has the most gorgeous glow.
What product did you use on her body?
Fernanda:So Luca is very specific.
When you see a Luca movie, you are like the fly on the wall.
You have to feel the weather, you have to feel what these people are feeling.
You have to see the details, you have to feel like youre in the story.
It was summer, so of course all the texture we used for Zendaya was without powder.
We went for a more glow foundation, theMAC Studio Radiance Face and Body Radiant Sheer Foundation.
Then she had a bit of mascara, gloss, a bit of blush and lotion.
The lights of Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, the director of photography of the film, reflect all on her.
Zendaya has amazing, beautiful skin.
So really you just add really just a bit of lotion to reflect the light on her skin.
Did the cast wear wigs all throughout the movie?
[In the beginning, Josh OConnor and Mike Faist] wore wigs.
When you shoot a movie by the needs of a location, you must shoot without continuity.
So you might shoot the beginning and the finale of the film the same day.
Actually, Mikes wig was very, very nice.
It was by Diane Choi, a really great wig maker from LA.
The color was complicated to do because it had to look really natural and real.
I did the color on this wig many, many times.
One time, I took the wig home.
Do you remember, Fernanda?
Fernanda:The wig was always there.
Massimo:Fernanda prepared the meal.
I was washing and dyeing the wigs.
Blonde is not easy to do in the natural way.
So you must find the right shadow between the root to the end of the hair.
You cant do the hair color too strong.
I useMatrixto create a shadow and make the color change depending on the light.
How did Patricks and Arts makeup evolve through the film?
Fernanda:At the beginning I wanted them very clean.
Their faces are very free.
They kind of looked like each other at the beginning.
Of course, Patrick and Art are ice and fire.
But we wanted them like one, even if they are ice and fire.
I didnt use any foundation on Mike and left him with his own skin.
I wanted the beard for Patrick to make him more sloppy, more different from Art.
It helped age him.
We can see the difference in growing up and time passing.
Massimo:About the hair, no.
Another standout beauty moment from the film is Tashis square French manicure.
How did that look come about?
Fernanda:That was Zendayas idea.
Maybe at the beginning when she is more girlish, she can have some pastel nails.
Then when shes in the middle of her crisis, something more neutral.
And then go for a nude when shes older.
I said, Okay, great.
She even used it for the press tour too.
She was always wearing a French manicure.
That was Zendayas idea.
Luca loves all these details, its very important for the atmosphere.
Even if you dont notice, you feel it.
What do you hope people take away from the hair and makeup in this film?
Fernanda:I hope people dont take anything.
I like to be discreet in the makeup.
If they dont notice the makeup, Im really happy.
I dont like to show up.
So I really hope people dont notice the makeup.
Massimo:[I want people to wonder] if we cut their hair or used a wig.
Thats what Im looking for.
My job is for the movie, not to show what Im doing.
We work with the goal of everybody believing in what they see without being distracted by ego.
