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The controversial slap Will Smith a Chris Rock at the gala of Oscar Awards 2022 overshadowed his best actor statuette for his role in Williams method. The film, which tells the life of Richard Williams and his teachings to his daughters, Venus Y SerenaIt was very well received by critics. That yes, in Spain one cannot be very happy about the image that is given on the tape of Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.
The former Spanish tennis player is represented as the antagonist of the eldest of the sisters, Venus, with whom she had her first confrontation in 1994. That match is staged in Williams methodalthough with a distortion of the facts and several failures that have been pointed out by Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the program The spar from Chain BE.
“I’d better not comment on the role they play me in the movie… It’s inaccurate what it says. I don’t want to blame the actress who plays me. They try to make her look quite similar to me. She was blonde and they dyed her hair black to make it more authentic. It looks like she’s a Mexican girl, I don’t know her, who plays tennis and I can’t say much more about her. That’s why I didn’t want to speak out, “he says about the film.
Arantxa explains that several errors are made on the tape when contextualizing that duel against the American tennis player: “When I faced Venus Williams in 1994 she was number 2 in the world, seeded number 1 in the tournament. It was the Oakland tournament, not It was played outdoors, it was indoor, and it was played in November, at the end of the season, before the tour of the Women’s Masters that was played in New York. It was on a hard court and super fast, not like it seems in the movie. “
But the real controversy is how the film points to Arantxa as a tennis player who played dirty, but this is nothing more than a maneuver hollywoodian This is how she explains it herself: “It is impossible that I would have left the court with 1-3 because you can never leave in the even games, if anything I would have left in 2-3. Also, then time is limited, when one goes to the bathroom is limited. I would have been sanctioned if I had stayed longer. It just makes the movie important. There’s no other way to make the movie relevant.”
Arantxa Sánchez Martínez, bronze in Barcelona 1992
He adds: “It is true that I lost the first set 2-6 but then I won 11 games in a row and that says it all. I ended up winning the tournament in singles and doubles and that was when I was at the best moment of my career. The year before It had been No. 1. But the movie wouldn’t have been as popular if they hadn’t done it that way. It’s Hollywood.”
Arantxa is not happy with the way in which she is represented in the film: “The moment in which they make me look like a very bad person when I am losing 2-6 and 1-3 is totally incorrect and I was the protagonist, so I know. I’ve had a brilliant career, no one gave me anything to get what I got and I don’t understand the meaning of them taking that out. I recommend it because it’s an epic movie and it talks about effort.”
I told the father that the one who was going to be really good and was going to earn more would be Serena
In addition, he tells an anecdote that explains his relationship with the Williams well: “I have a good relationship with Richard Williams and when his two daughters were on the circuit, everyone talked about Venus and I told the father ‘the one who is going to be She’s really good and she’s going to win more, it’s going to be Serena.’ I saw them play and I knew that Serena was going to be better than Venus. I know both of them, I have faced them many times, we have had good rivalries and matches, and the truth is that the movie surprised me.”
Finally, he also gave his opinion on the controversy that the actor who plays Richard Williams has starred in: “Will Smith is a good actor, he has had a bad time and I think he will always drag him. That will mark him. I have followed him since ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’ He’s a great actor, but he messed up there.”
[Más información: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario: “Estoy de vuelta. Me duele haber estado apartada por problemas personales”]
