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Because its historically accurate and a little wink for any tennis pros in the crowd is why.
But it isnt just the tennis world in-joke that makes Applebees the perfect setting for this scene.
By the time they make out under the billboard, theyre fully on their Jack and Diane shit.
Director Luca Guadagnino and theChallengerscreative team had to reconstruct it from scratch.
Why go to all that effort for an Applebees?
As Guadagninotold theTimes,I love the practicality of America, I think its fantastic.
The way in which this landscape unfolds, everything can be completely meaningful.
