Zendaya fans stunned by star's raunchy new movie trailer: 'Zendaya in a three-way?'

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By stefan armitage

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Zendaya has left her fans hot under the collar and not knowing where to look following the release of her upcoming movie's trailer.

The new movie, Challengers, tells the story of tennis player-turned-coach Tashi (played by Zendaya), who finds herself caught in a love triangle between two other tennis stars - who just so happen to be her husband and her ex-boyfriend.

Mike Faist stars as Tashi's husband, Art, and Josh O’Connor plays her former lover, Patrick.

And following the release of the steamy first trailer for the movie, it is no wonder that social media has been in such a buzz about Zendaya's latest role.

Considering the fact that Zendaya's last movie was as the loved-up teen MJ in Marvel's Spider-Man: No Way Home, it's no surprise that the raunchy trailer caught many people off-guard. Check out the trailer below:

Set to Rihanna's 'S&M', the trailer shows a young Tashi flirting with both Art and Patrick, before inviting both of them over to join her on a bed. All of a sudden, they're both kissing her neck and she's giving more seductive eyes than Nala in The Lion King.

It's a trailer full of sexual tension, and Zendaya's fans were loving it on Twitter!

One shocked fan asked: "Are we about to see Zendaya in a three-way?"

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Zendaya's latest movie trailer has left fans stunned. Credit: Claudio Lavenia / Getty

One flustered person tweeted: "I haven't figured out yet do I wanna be in Zendaya's place or in the place of one of the guys *bisexual panic*".

Another added: "After seeing Zendaya in the Challengers trailer, I just need to know if Tom Holland can fight."

Of course, others couldn't help but sympathize with Zendaya's real-life boyfriend Tom Holland, with one YouTuber commenting: "Every frame of this movie has a crying Tom Holland just outside the edge."

And the memes kept coming:

Of course, this movie is not just focused on a cloudy love-triangle, but also on the heated competition of tennis. In fact, in an interview with Variety last year, director Luca Guadagnino revealed that Zendaya, Faist, and O’Connor all trained for three months in order to prepare for the physical role.

"They spent like three months working very hard," he revealed. "Everybody -- technically, athletically."

Rated R, Challengers is set to hit movie theaters in the US on September 15.

Featured image credit: Greg Doherty / Getty