Actress Cynthia Erivo wants to Play Serena Williams on Screen
Tennis – Actress says she would like to play tennis champion in a movie about her life but is afraid to approach her on the same. Erivo, who has been nominated for the EE Rising Star Award, spoke to BANG Showbiz about wanting to play Williams in a movie.
I havent ever spoken to her about it. I think Im too scared, because its weird, and shes so awesome and cool. I think its one of those pipe dreams. I love her representation of work about how women can really be powerful.
Not just in work, not just in sport, like physically shes wonderful. As a woman who is also very muscular and very sporty, she was the woman I looked up to and she was the person who made me feel normal for having muscular arms, because she had muscular arms.
I feel like thats mostly why I would love to play her, because I feel like I understand that feeling of both feeling out of place, but having to learn to own that power, that strength. Erivo, who has starred in movies such as The Color Purple and Widows says she is decent at playing tennis but would be happy to train more for the part.
Im OK at tennis, but I would definitely go into training, for sure. Happily, I would go into training. Williams is currently in Australia for the Hopman Cup – she went unbeaten in her three singles matches but the United States failed to make the final of the event.
She is aiming to win her 24th Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open in Melbourne – which would tie her for the most Grand Slam singles title won by any player in tennis history.
