Venus and Serena Williams are two of the most successful tennis players to have come from the United States in the past two decades. Although they faced several hardships in their journey towards achieving success, their father was with them at every stage.
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However, the story of the hardworking father remained unknown to the masses for years. He got his due credit when the film ‘King Richard’ depicted the journey of the Williams sisters from the point of view of Richard Williams.
Last year, Serena Williams’ sister Isha Price, who joined the film as an executive producer, narrated a story from the script that was changed later due to its hilarious and embarrassing nature.
An unrealistic scene in the original script
When Price joined in as an executive producer, her first preference was to make the story more realistic. However, there was a particular scene involving her mother and Richard that made her laugh out loud. Here’s what she said about the scene.
“In one of the original iterations of the script, when Daddy had gotten beaten up one time, my mom met him at the hospital and was running alongside the gurney going, ‘What did they do to my husband?’ I was like, ‘Oracene? Never.'”
She further revealed her mother’s reaction to the same.
“My mom was like, ‘What you laughing at?’ And I read her that part and she goes, ‘Oh, heck no!’”
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Later, they changed the scene to depict Oracene, a trained nurse, patching her husband up at the kitchen table.
The incredible achievements of Venus and Serena Williams
Both Venus and Serena Williams are legends on their own. The older sister broke into the scene quite early and then Serena followed in her footsteps.
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Talking about their records, Venus has won 7 Major titles in her illustrious career and has four Olympic gold medals. Serena, on the other hand, has cemented herself as one of the all-time greats, considering her 23 Grand Slam titles and four Olympic gold medals.
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Considering they are in the final part of their respective careers at the moment, it will be interesting to see if they can add more titles to their names in the coming months or years.