Zendaya admitted to Vanity Fair that she “felt so bad” filming certain sequences alongside co-star O’Connor, especially that viral scene where Tashi spits on Patrick before once again consummating their twisted relationship.

Challengers’ Josh O’Connor called the almost-threesome he filmed with costars Zendaya and Mike Faist the “least sexy thing” and explained why racy scenes like that are “very strange.”

O’Connor, who lives in the English countryside outside of London, brings a certain bemused curiosity to his life and art. When he met director Kelly Reichardt to discuss a role in her next film, The Mastermind, which he is currently shooting, he found himself “overawed” by their meeting place in New York: a lobster shack.

The Crown star, 34, sent fans into a frenzy when he appeared in the steamy film, but in a new interview, described the jaw-dropping moment as 'very choreographed and rehearsed.'