‘King Richard’: Read The Screenplay That Aces The Venus And Serena Williams Story
deadline.comEditors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.Richard Williams became King Richard because of the lineage he cultivated.
Will Smith plays the father to tennis sensations Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena Williams (Demi Singleton) in the Warner Bros biopic.
The real Williams sisters are executive producers along with their sister Isha Price.Before they were born, Richard wrote a 78-page plan to train his daughters to become tennis champions.
When Venus and Serena were children in the ‘90s, they practiced in Compton. The film shows how they made the most of rundown neighborhood tennis courts, and coped with nearby gangs interrupting their practice.King Richard shows Richard approaching coaches and managers with videotapes of his daughters.
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