Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player. Widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all-time alongside her older sister Venus, Williams won six US Opens before announcing her retirement in 2022.
Williams makes a cameo appearance in Glass Onion as herself.
History[]
Determined to find out who among Miles Bron's "Disruptors" could have killed Andi Brand, Benoit Blanc and Helen Brand meet in Bron's private gym to discuss the evidence they have gathered. On a wall is what appears to be a static image of Williams as part of an app called "Fitness with Serena" available to those using Bron's gym. Halfway through the conversation, however, Williams suddenly turns to them and asks if either of them want to train as she is on the clock, revealing that the screen is showing a live video feed. Stunned, the two politely decline, to which she responds "it's your money" before returning to reading a book.
Trivia[]
- Williams is reading a copy of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. Gravity's Rainbow is mentioned in Knives Out by Benoit Blanc as being a book that "no one's read."
- The Glass Onion screenplay released by Deadline suggests Serena Williams may not have been the original celebrity fitness instructor who was supposed to appear on screen, as she is consistently referred to by "he/him" pronouns throughout the scene where she interacts with Blanc and Helen. It is possible that Johnson put a different name in as a placeholder before Williams' cameo was finalized.[1] Williams' cameo was still up in the air during filming, with Johnson only telling Monáe to react "as if it was Serena."