Venus And Serena Williams Discuss How Their ‘Super-Unique’ Family Are Portrayed In ‘King Richard’
etcanada.comVenus and Serena Williams discuss the movie about their lives — “King Richard” — in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar. The Oscar-nominated flick stars Will Smith, Saniyya Sidney, and Demi Singleton, and tells the story of how the sisters became tennis superstars after the coaching from their late father Richard.
Venus tells the mag of how the film broadened the scope of how the world sees them: “I don’t think people even thought about what happened before we turned pro,” as Serena adds: “This isn’t a movie about tennis.
This is a movie about family.” Venus shares of how the sisters were archetypes to the Black-American experience, but at the same time how their lives were very different than the average family: “I think that our family is just unique to ourselves.
Obviously we’re an African-American family, and it’s important for people to see African-American families in that dynamic… to have role modelling,” adding, “our family was super-unique.” READ MORE: Palm Springs International Film Festival To Honour Will Smith And ‘King Richard’ Cast Serena continues of how she sees the much-talked-about flick: “I am a dreamer, and I love Marvel.
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