La former Spanish tennis player Arantxa Sánchez Vicario I talked about how it comes out in the movie ‘The Williams Method’ in the program ‘The Larguero’ of Cadena Ser in addition to touching on other topics related to his life and tennis.
About the movie: “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.”
Arantxa Snchez Vicario vs Venus Williams
This was the game: “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, it was not played outdoors, it was indoors, 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.”
A complicated version: “It is impossible that I would have left the court with 1-3 because you can never leave in even games, if anything I would have left in 2-3. Also, then time is limited, when you go to the bathroom you are limited “I would have been penalized if I had been there longer. What happens is that this gives importance to the film. There is no other way for the film to be relevant. It is true that I lost the first set by 2-6 but then 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 in the prime of my career. The year before it had been number 1. But the movie wouldn’t have been as popular if they hadn’t done it that way. It’s Hollywood”
Arantxa Snchez Vicario, the “bad, different”
On his role: “The moment in which they put me as a very bad person when I am losing 2-6 and 1-3 is totally incorrect and I was the protagonist, as far as I know. I have had a brilliant career, nobody gave me anything to achieve what I got it 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 have a good relationship with Richard Williams and when his two daughters were on the circuit everyone talked about Venus and I told him to the father ‘the one who is going to be really good and who is going to earn more is 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”.
Su apoyo a Will Smith
“Will Smith is a good actor, he’s had a bad time and I think he’ll always be dragged along. That’s going to mark him. I’ve been following him since ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’. He’s a great actor, but he was wrong there.”
“Alcaraz has no qualifiers”
About Alcaraz: “Alcaraz has no qualifications. He is a spectacular phenomenon, how he moves on the court, the strength he has, how he stands on the court in big moments, he likes the public, the big stadiums, modern tennis… He is a phenomenon. I saw him live and it’s wonderful. That a Spaniard in the men’s box accompanies me in the palmars… We are already a couple! A film of the two would not be bad”.
Excusing himself about his ‘silence’: “Somebody would be surprised that I hadn’t mentioned my appearance in the movie yet. I’ve consulted with my advisers and they told me that there is no point and the only thing I would do if I complained is to give the movie more publicity, which is possibly what I wanted.” they were looking for, but there is no case”.
