King Richard as the father of Venus and Serena Williams was Oscar nip, a portrait of shambling masculinity touched with pathos and humor.
He was the early frontrunner, and his strategically timed memoir, Will, published in late 2021, only compounded his momentum.
He won the BAFTA, the Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors’ Guild Award in the run-up to last night. Victory at the Dolby Theatre seemed assured.
What went wrong? Who can say. Smith writes in his memoir that his perfectionist obsession with success is born of insecurity.
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