Will Smith makes candid admission about King Richard and his career

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Will Smith, who has been promoting – and celebrating – his new movie, King Richard.MORE: Will Smith breaks silence on Rebel Wilson's joke about his marriage to Jada Pinkett SmithIn the Oscar-nominated movie, the actor plays tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams' dad, Richard Williams.

It depicts his fight to make them the iconic athletes they are today.Fresh off his win for Best Actor at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards, Will Smith continued to celebrate his performance at Tuesday's National Board of Review Annual Awards Gala in New York City, where he also won the award for Best Actor.WATCH: The King Richard trailerMORE: Will Smith calls out Critics Choice Awards during Best Actor speechDuring the red carpet, he grew candid talking about his thoughts on King Richard and his career.

He admitted that the biopic got the reception he thought his 2006 movie Pursuit of Happyness would get, which he confessed he believed was the best movie he'd ever be made, and that he considered it an Oscar winner.His on-screen wife Aunjanue Ellis also won the award for Best Supporting Actress.

During his speech at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, he emphasized how the work he did on the movie wouldn't have been possible without her as his co-star.He said: "Your father [Richard Williams] didn't do it alone, so it would be disingenuous for me to accept this role without acknowledging Aunjanue Ellis," who played the tennis stars' mother, Oracene "Brandi" Williams.