Venus and Serena Williams are world-famous tennis champions, but the first to recognize their potential were their father and head coach, Richard Williams. Similarly, critics already recognize the Oscar-winning potential of the film based on the patriarch’s drive to make his daughter the best in the game, the next King Richard, starring Will Smith in the title role.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times:
The world premiere of the “King Richard” Telluride Film Festival, a drama showing the rise of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams, was expected to launch Will Smith in the Oscars for his portrayal of his father. and demanding girls coach, Richard Williams. And he did, providing Smith with his most challenging role in two decades, a loving, self-centered father who, after all, knows what’s best for his daughters.
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Smith is 52 years old and, wearing a stubble with gray spots, we have never seen him so far from the freshness of Fresh Prince. The film takes advantage of its charisma with good effect, channeling it into the stubborn episodes driven by Richard’s ego and adding lighter and equally insightful touches …
In addition to winning the first Oscars for Smith, the “feel good movie” seems to have another delight for moviegoers and lovers of black excellence. “Be Alive,” a new original Beyoncé song co-written for the film with Roc Nation artist DIXSON debuted during closing credits.
“That means Beyoncé will be performing at the Oscars next year,” predicts the LA Times, which adds:
There’s no way the academy can drag her back after she’s finished all the failure “Spirit” his extensive anthem of “The Lion King” which somehow failed to make a nod because voters could not stop giving Diane Warren another nomination.
Leave it to Beyoncé to save the Oscars. Because if the combination of “King Richard” and Queen Queen may not arouse some interest, then the situation is more cumbersome than anyone wants to admit.
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As previously reported The root, Venus and Serena are on board as executive producers of King Richard, as is his sister Isha Price. Sundance 2018 Special Jury Prize winner Reinaldo Marcus Green directed the biopic, which also stars Aunjanue Ellis as Williams matriarch became tennis coach Oracene Price and Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton as young Venus and Serena, respectively.
He seems to be mature with didactic moments about ambition, humility, representation, family and even the history of blacks, King Richard will be released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max on November 19th.