There are obviously spoilers ahead forChallengers!
He trained the three stars, but also literally choreographed those incredible games.
It was there that Brad and his wife, Kim Gilbert, coached the trio.
She worked with a trainer and then worked on technique, namely copying techniques of real tennis players.
“She really worked a ton on her forehand swing and her backhand swing,” Bradexplained to GQ.
Whereas Mike played with a two-handed backhand.
Besides two hours on the court, he had to go right to the gym."
When it came to actually filming the matches inChallengers, Brad choreographed how each point would go.
Bradexplained to GQ, “So I needed to write out each point, like a play-by-play.
Something like, ‘This is a seven-ball rally, forehand to forehand,’ and so on.
Zendayaexplainedthat she used her dance background to treat the tennis moves like dance choreography.
Each actor had a tennis double they all grew very close to,accordingto Brad.
You wouldn’t normally get a time violation for that.
Everything else was accurate.”
