Will Smith is seen in two vintage tennis costumes complete with shorts for his role in King Richard about the father of Serena and Venus Williams
He’s twice been nominated for an Academy Award, and he looks like he’s totally immersing himself in a new role.
Actor Will Smith was again seen Friday on the Los Angeles, California set of King Richard, in which he portrays the father and coach of tennis superstar sisters Serena and Venus Williams.
Smith, 51, was seen in not one but two retro-style red and white tennis outfits, one being the same he was wearing the day prior: a white t-shirt under a white windbreaker jacket with red stripes, along with short red shorts and knee-high white tube socks with red stripes, matching his jacket.
Playing a King: Will Smith was again seen Friday on the Los Angeles set of King Richard, in which he portrays the father and coach of tennis superstar sisters Serena and Venus Williams
He completed his look with white flat sneakers.
Smith was seen getting a touch-up from hair and makeup in the outfit and drinking from a water bottle, as he interacted with crew members between takes.
The Aladdin actor’s other getup saw the same socks with similar white tennis shoes, but a reversal of sorts in terms of his garments.
In the second look, Will wore a fire engine red V-neck sweater over a white-collared shirt, and a pair of white shorts that were just as short as the red ones.
He wears short shorts: Smith was seen in not one but two different retro-style red and white tennis outfits
Touch-up: Smith was seen getting a touch-up from hair and makeup in one outfit and drinking from a water bottle, as he interacted with crew members between takes
Smith sported the same scruff that he’s been seen in on set in the past few weeks, but his facial hair looked considerably darker on Friday, most definitely denoting that the scene being shot took place at an earlier time in Richard Williams’s life.
Will, who turned in Oscar-nominated performances in 2001’s Ali and 2006’s The Pursuit of Happyness, was not seen acting with any other cast members as filming continued.
The film will recount the journey Williams, now 78, took to raise and eventually train his daughters to become the tennis greats they now are.
He likes a striped white jacket: Will, who turned in Oscar-nominated performances in 2001’s Ali and 2006’s The Pursuit of Happyness, was not seen acting with other cast members as filming continued; seen here in Milan last month
Father and daughter: The film will recount the journey Richard Williams, now 78, took to raise and eventually train his daughters to become the tennis greats they now are; seen here with Serena at the 2012 Wimbledon Tennis Championships
Richard is now disabled following a series of strokes, but he maintains a close relationship with his famous daughters and their seven half-siblings.
The ambitious father began teaching Serena and Venus tennis at the age of four years old on the courts in their native Compton — even though he didn’t have a background in the sport.
After showing early promise, the home-schooled sisters headed to West Palm Beach, Florida to attend Rick Macci’s tennis academy in 1991; Serena was 10 and Venus was 11.
In 1995, Richard pulled them out of the academy and returned to coaching them himself, eventually leading them to Grand Slam titles a few years later.
Driven: The ambitious father began teaching Serena and Venus tennis at the age of four years old on the courts in their native Compton — even though he didn’t have a background in the sport; seen here with Venus at the Wimbledon 2000 Tennis Tournament