Needless to say, we all know what King Richard is associated with nowadays, and it's not for being a well-received sports biopic nominated for a handful of Academy Awards. If it weren't for Will Smith 's long-awaited award for Best Actor at the 94th Academy Awards, Reinaldo Marcus Green 's film about tennis coach and celebrity father Richard Williams would likely be lost to time, especially since it was released during the industry's hazy transitional phase back to theaters amid the pandemic. The image that comes to mind when the film's title is uttered is Smith smacking presenter Chris Rock in the face on that fateful night on March 27th, 2022.

The infamous slap cast a strange cloud over Smith's career and King Richard . Four years since its release, the film, now str

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