Somewhat OT and SIAP: Former UM tennis player was Zendaya's stunt double in "Challengers"
There are UM connections aplenty here. This morning I saw a paywalled Detroit News article (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/other/2024/05/03/michigan-tennis-player-kara-hall-wangler-aces-role-zendaya-double-challengers/73554286007/) about a UM tennis player being Zendaya's stunt double in the movie "Challengers." Here's the UM athlete:
https://mgoblue.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/kara-hall/16592
Of course I noticed "Wangler." She's married to former UM football Jack, son of John (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wangler):
https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/jack-wangler/16347
Her dad (David Hall) played QB and two other sports at UM in the early '80s. Best available resource for him:
https://www.tcdb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/193147/David-Hall
One of her sisters was on the UM track team:
https://mgoblue.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/julia-hall/20734
OT within OT, another sister is an athlete of note:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Hall_(athlete)
To keep this post semi-reasonable in length I left out some supporting links (e.g., a wedding site).
I knew all those names but had to look up Zendaya.
Feeling old.
She plays Chani in Dune.
I have a teenage daughter, so I knew who Zendaya was.
I didn't realize this film was a comeback story about tennis or whatever. I had only ever heard the title and knew Zendaya was in it, whatever it was.
Not hip here. Also old.
This isn't very OT... That's a lot of connections for stunty Kara!!
Should’ve just cast Kara.
What a family!
A good friend of mine from high school was a stunt diver in the movie "Back to School" starring Rodney Dangerfield.
Did he do the triple lindy?!?
Did he do the Triple Lindy?
Of course not. Only Rodney could successfully complete the triple Lindy!!
I was at the 1983 Rose Bowl. We wanted the young freshman quarterback named Jim Harbaugh to come in and save the day but if I recall right, it would have cost him a full year of eligibility back in those days.
I bet this family thoroughly enjoyed the 2023 national championship football season
Is that the movie I keep seeing previews of where the two dudes are about to hook up with Zendaya?
I thought it was obvious from the trailer the two dudes were going to hook up with each other.