‘It Was Cloning on Steroids’ – Serena Williams’ Former Coach Rick Macci Details How King Richard Actress Saniyya Sidney Entered Venus Williams’ Character

King Richard movie has won praise worldwide. The film beautifully depicts Serena and Venus Williams’ father, Richard Williams’ role in the success of his daughters. Moreover, it was directed with perfection, giving attention to minute details. Will Smith played the stellar role of Richard Williams in the film and won many awards for it. Further, Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney, too, caught everyone’s eyes, while starring as Serena and Venus, respectively. Recently, Rick Macci revealed how Saniyya perfected the role of Venus in the movie.

Rick Macci impressed with how Saniyya Sidney played Venus Williams’ role in King Richard

On the ‘No Challenges Remaining’ podcast, Serena’s former coach talked about Saniyya’s role in the film. He said, “I actually when I went to LA, I gave Saniyya Sydney a lesson. They actually reached out to me because she came so intrenched with Rick Macci in the movie. They had to meet me. So we set a phone call and we talked one day for 45 minutes and I said, when I go to LA, I’ll give you a lesson. So we got a private court in Pasadena and I gave her a lesson and when I went on the court, it blew me away.”

Further, he added, “This is crazy stuff. She is holding the racket like Venus, she put her hands down like Venus, she had a little hitch on the forehand like Venus. It was cloning on steroids. It blew me away. Then, when I heard she was left-handed and had to play right-handed, and she wasn’t even an advanced player, you got to understand that’s a whole different animal. It just showed me the details of Warner Bros. that they put into this because if someone even hits the ball wrong, you gonna say, well, it looks kind of fake, don’t look like good, but it looked exactly like Venus.”  

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Earlier this year, Venus was announced as the Global Ambassador of Lacoste. She joined Lacoste’s growing list of athletes partnerships which includes Novak Djokovic, too. Recently, she commenced their new partnership with a wonderful photoshoot.

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Venus revealed that it was one of her best photoshoots and she thanked the team for making it memorable.