‘King Richard’: Tony Goldwyn Stepping In For Liev Schreiber In Will Smith Pic About Williams Sisters’ Father

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Goldwyn is taking over for Liev Schreiber in Warner Bros .’ King Richard which is set to return to production in Los Angeles next week after pausing due to the pandemic earlier this spring. Goldwyn is stepping in to play the role of Paul Cohen, a noted tennis coach whose clients included John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, and Venus and Serena Williams. I understand that Schreiber had to depart King Richard given a scheduling conflict. The Reinaldo Marcus Green directed, Zach Baylin written feature follows the true story of hardscrabble, but iron-willed father of Venus and Serena Williams, (played by Will Smith ) who had a plan to make his daughters the greatest tennis players in the world. This is how he pulled it off. The movie already logged three weeks of filming before stopping out of safety due to COVID-19. Goldwyn joins the previously announced cast of Brandi Williams as the family matriarch, Jon Bernthal as Rick Macci, and Saniyya Sidney ( Fences , Hidden Figures ) and Demi Singleton ( Godfather of Harlem ) who respectively play young Venus and Serena Williams. Goldwyn’s recent credits include his guest appearance on HBO’s critically acclaimed […]

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