According to Deadline, Will Smith is set to play” Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena Williams, in an upcoming biopic titled King Richard. The project will highlight the plight of the 77-year-old Louisiana, native. While raising his family in Compton, California, Williams drafted a 78-page plan for his daughters’ professional careers as tennis players. “Colorism matters,” sports writer Clarence Hill Jr. said of the importance of casting an actor with darker skin to play the 77-year-old Williams. According to Yahoo, critics say the role should go to an actor with darker skin, citing Idris Elba and Mahershala Ali as examples of more appropriate choices.
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