The stellar career of rising star Zendaya just keeps going from strength to strength – and if the following news is anything to go by, the Euphoria star shows no time of slowing down anytime soon.

According to Puck News’ Matt Belloni, Zendaya is set to star in MGM film Challengers, a drama set in the world of tennis that will be directed by Luca Guadagnino and produced by Amy Pascal.

Z, who is currently making waves for her performance as drug addict Rue Bennett in the HBO series Euphoria, will reportedly rake in between $11 million and $13 million for the role after earning a whopping $10 million for her performance as MJ alongside her boyfriend Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Interestingly, Zendaya shared a super cute throwback of herself holding a tennis ball way back in 2015, which we can only assume was her doing some early manifestation work into nabbing her forthcoming role.

It’s bound to be a busy few years for the star, who has already confirmed she will star in Be My Baby, where she will play The Ronettes founding member Ronnie Spector, as well as starring in the Francis Ford Coppola-directed Megalopolis, and the second instalment of Dune – on top of her Euphoria commitments.

She’s also recently appeared on the small screen in the form of a new Super Bowl commercial for Squarespace, which happens to be narrated by and features a brief appearance from Outkast rapper André 3000.

In a statement, Zendaya remarked, “I was incredibly excited to have the opportunity to work and create with Edgar Wright on a story narrated by André ‘3000’ Benjamin.”

Recently, Zendaya spoke out about the mental toll playing a teenager dealing with the gritty reality of drug addiction on the smash-hit and often confronting series Euphoria – for which she has already nabbed an Emmy for.

“It’s not an easy season, it’s not in any way easy to watch,” Zendaya told ELLE Australia during a round table discussion about the show’s second season.

“There are high highs and low lows. Some things are really funny and hilarious, more so than they’ve ever been before, but in tandem with that comes the heartbreak.”

She also shut down suggestions that the show glamourises drug addiction, saying that it shines a light on the painful reality of the effects of drug addiction for both those using, as well as the families dealing with it.

“Euphoria deals with internal pain and internal darkness which I think is maybe the most painful kind,” Zendaya explained.

“This is not a show that is in any way telling anyone how to live their life, but it’s a means of storytelling to help someone else feel less alone in their experience and their pain and darkness, to know that they’re not the only person dealing with it. This season, for us, was testing our empathy as human beings.

“We love and care about Rue, and if we can meet her at her darkest points and still love her and care for her after that, maybe we can extend that to people in real life and have the same empathy for people battling with addiction in the real world,” she said.

Either way, there’s no doubt Queen Z’s career is on the up and up – so watch this space!

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