Challengers director Luca Guadagnino breaks down the now iconic churro scene

If you've seen Challengers, then chances are you left the theater craving a churro, especially since stars Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor just made it look that damn good.

As the film's now iconic churro scene is taking over the internet, director Luca Guadagnino is breaking down how the sugary moment was crafted for fans in a new video for The New York Times.

In this scene, we follow tennis players Art (Faist) and Patrick (O'Connor) while they have a somewhat friendly conversation in a Stanford University dining hall. At this point in the story, Art is still in school, Patrick is trying to go pro but is also in a relationship with Tashi Duncan, played by Zendaya. It's very hard not to feel the sexual tension melting off of these men, while simultaneously feeling a sense of competition between them as well.

"This scene in particular depicts a moment, an evolution in their friendship that has been kind of diverted because of a third person came into their duo, which is Tashi Duncan," Guadagnino says about the scene. 'What we see is basically a sort of game of rivalry sparkling between these two young boys over Tashi. But at the same time, a jealousy that ignites the relationship also. Because probably these two guys are also jealous of one another, not only of Tashi."

The conversation between Patrick and Art is a longer shot compared to other conversations the two men share, and Guadagnino also explained the reason behind this creative choice.

"I kept the shot long, because I felt that we had to stay with them to learn the grammar of their behavior, and their behavior together," he said. "We just cut once we realize that the game of manipulation laid bare on the table by Art has been spotted by Patrick. So we cut to a sort of reverse shot, extreme close up, where Patrick hugs, in a sort of ambiguous way. And so there is a sort of constant battle between the two of them to the degree that they are fighting, but they are taking care of one another. When the sugar goes on the cheek of Patrick, Art takes it off with his hand in a very nice gesture of kindness — and very intimate, I would say. But at the same time, they are really tense."

In the end it comes down to what was truly underlying in that conversation, what was not physically said but seen. Guadagnino ended with, "I think it’s about being jealous of one another, but at the same time wanting one another that we are trying to play out, and that Josh and Mike do in a beautiful way in the sequence."

And just like that, churros will simply never be seen the same way ever again.

Challengers is now playing in theaters.