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Will Smith To Play Venus & Serena Williams' Father In New Film

Speaking of new films in the works, actor/rapper Will Smith just lined up his next role. Big Willie will be playing Richard Williams, father to tennis greats Venus and Serena Williamsin the upcoming biopic King RichardThe film will focus on Richard and his raising of the two future sports legends. Of course, given the drastic difference in appearance between Smith and Williams has ignited a bit of a Twitter backlash. Many are wondering why a darker skinned actor wasn't chosen and have called out other instances, like Zoe Saldana playing iconic musician Nina Simone, where lighter-skinned actor took a role that a dark-skinned actor could've been cast. Despite this, there doesn't seem to be any plans to recast the role. #ShouldHeDoIt

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