Zendayais about to serve up the biggest movie of her career so far withChallengers.

“I always am nervous I wish I was joking,” Zendaya tellsEntertainment Weekly.

“These characters are incredibly complex and interesting,” Zendaya says.

Zendaya in “Challengers."

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It’s undefinable in this really beautiful way.

“That’s the fun thing,” she says.

“But for some reason, I enjoy watching the work back.

Mike Faist, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor in “Challengers."

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I think it’s just because I lose myself in the character.

I divorce myself from whatever’s on the screen.

Now I just get to watch.”

She quickly clarifies she doesn’t like watching herself doing interviews or talk show appearances.

Additional reporting from Gerrad Hall

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