Contributed By Scott Lipscomb

We all know about the tennis superstars from Compton named Serena and Venus Williams. However not everyone knows how pivotal their dad was in pushing them to be great! Will Smith is set to play Richard Williams in the biopic “King Richard.”

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (“Monsters and Men”), the movie details the sisters’ rise from Compton, California to global stardom and the man who helped train them into two of the best to ever grace the sport BET reported.

“This world ain’t never had no respect for Richard Williams, but they’re gonna have respect for y’all,” said Smith, playing the Williams sisters’ father in the clip.

The movie co-stars Saniyya Sidney as Venus and Demi Singleton as Serena and also depicts the pressures and hardships of being two Black girls trying to make it early on in their careers.

“King Richard” is will hit the big screen November 19!