Williams method (Canal+) – Will Smith: "I told myself this is the father I wanted to be."

After a meticulous plan prepared before his daughters were born, a father manages to guide them on the road to success…

The actor plays Richard Williams, the father and coach of tennis champions Venus and Serena. Shorts and sweatpants, rough beard, shuttlecock under his arm, Will Smith plays a persuasive Richard Williams. An exceptional figure in world tennis, this visionary father made the American dream come true by developing a 78-page plan even before his future stars were born. “If you can convince a child that he has the traits of a champion, he will become a champion.”

Nicknamed King Richard, the man was often portrayed as domineering and megalomaniac. Yet it was no less obvious. Wary of glitz and ephemerality, she forced her daughters to do brilliant work as well. Will Smith, co-producer of the film, expressed his admiration: I told myself that this is the father I wanted to be, that I wanted to raise my children that way so they would be proud and confident. “The portrait is watered down, but the former prince of Bel-Air gives his best performance since Ali in 2002.

Williams method: Saturday, August 27th at 21:10 on Canal+

Isabelle Magnier