Many analysts believe Will Smith will be nominated for an Academy Award for the third time and will be the favorite to finally win the Best Actor statuette for King Richard: Beyond the Game, in which he plays Father and Coach Richard Williams. daughters Venus and Serena Williams were planning a dizzying career in tennis even before their birth.
The film has already been shown in Portuguese cinemas and has been approved by champions who describe it as “surreal” and “emotional”, “brilliant work.” This has also been critically acclaimed, although some disagree that the 1994 story ended with the sisters in their early teens and what they describe as Richard Williams’ “sanctification” that overlooks the more controversial parts of his life and personality. …
Also, her half-sister Sabrina Williams does not like the portrait of her father, and she considers the film a “comedy”. And instead of an Oscar, Will Smith “should be ashamed of himself” for his role in the production.
The 57-year-old American chaplain in the palliative care unit has lived a very different life than her famous half-sisters, whom she met only once when they were teenagers at an amusement park: in early 1960, Richard Williams, now 79 years old and weakened after two strokes, said he was going to buy a bicycle, but never returned, leaving his wife and five children, including an eight-week-old girl.
“It’s a comedy, isn’t it? How can you make a movie by telling half the story? It all starts suddenly with the father, his new wife Oracena and their daughters. As if nothing had happened before, ”said Sabrina Williams in an interview with The Sunlaughing at the film for completely forgetting the first family.
“I think this title is a complete exaggeration. He thinks he is the king of the world, but no one who has ever been with him thinks that he is “King Richard” [Rei Ricardo]… It’s an outrageous title, but in truth it is based on it, ”he adds to a British tabloid about the film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green.
“He is not the king of the world. If you look at him psychologically, he never achieved that, except in his head, he only survived his two daughters, abandoning all his other sons. Now I have to see him. [o filme] because I didn’t realize how hysterical it would be. One of the things I need to do is not laugh out loud at the films because I know the whole story, ”he continued.
After the refusal, Sabrina and the siblings saw the parent only a few times over the years: “He did not forget about us, he just put us in a compartment. You know that this part of your world exists, but you just don’t. ” I don’t want to deal with this – and it’s sad. He chose sneakers for them because he knew they could make him rich, too. “
“I don’t think it should dominate the entire film, but to give it more credibility, at least mention it as he left us when he was an adult. Does anyone believe in this story? Seriously, it’s all on Google, ”his daughter recalls.
“I understand, really, all films are a little economical, but since these are Venus and Serena, no one is going to say anything bad about them or make them look like they were part of something bad. In truth, these girls made it to the top. While other children had to suffer because of the choices my father made, we grew up in poverty after his departure, ”he recalled.
“They say Will Smith is likely to win an Oscar for this. I admired him deeply, but as an African American I had to tell the whole story. Will Smith is not dumb. They were able to grow better and didn’t have to work to eat or worry about their next meal. It would be nice to have a background, ”he laments.
As for the actor, producer and great promoter of King Richard, Sabrina Williams ends up saying “you should be ashamed of yourself.” As for his father, he guarantees that he does not feel anger, but only pity.
