In KingRichard, Aunjanue Ellis is Oracene Price, mother and oft-unsung hero in the success story of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams Ellis explains her own drive to allow Oracene to shine
: Well, I was sent the script in the fall of 2019, and I think they had other people that they had in mind for the role. But it was interesting, you know, this happens every now and then where I hear that someone is attached to play the part or they’re looking at other people, but I wasn’t worried. I did a television show called. And that was another situation where they were going to someone else, but I wasn’t worried. I just felt that it was going to come back in some sort of way.
: Yeah. And what I decided was I had to make a decision about that. There wasn’t an active decision. I think that I just, on a subliminal way, a subconscious way, I don’t care. I don’t know how else to say that. I know that may sound insensitive, but what I mean by that is I certainly care about those people. I certainly care about the people that I’m portraying and that family, but that’s not my job though. I’m not doing a documentary where I’m creating these real moments.
First of all, there is that demand to serve in the first place. Whereas that demand to serve is not there for Black men necessarily, it’s certainly not there for our white counterparts, and I think that’s because we are seen on screen, particularly in these kinds of roles, so rarely. So, when it happens it’s just like the whole world wants you to meet all of these expectations. You have to meet all these expectations that are centuries old. That come from centuries-old trauma.
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