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Watch Emma Stone and Steve Carell go head to head in Bat­tle of the Sexes

18 May 2017

Words by Fred Wagner

The pair recre­ate a mem­o­rable sport­ing occa­sion which had huge sig­nif­i­cance off the court.

In 1973, Bil­lie Jean King, then the world’s num­ber one female ten­nis play­er, and Bob­by Rig­gs, a 55-year-old for­mer cham­pi­on, com­pet­ed in an exhi­bi­tion match dubbed the Bat­tle of the Sexes.

Now the direc­to­r­i­al duo behind Lit­tle Miss Sun­shine is retelling the sto­ry in their new biopic of the same title, star­ring Emma Stone and Steve Carell in the lead roles.

The match drew a mas­sive tele­vi­sion audi­ence and sparked glob­al con­tro­ver­sy, broad­en­ing the con­ver­sa­tion on gen­der equal­i­ty and spurring on the fem­i­nist cause.

While the meet­ing between these two great play­ers will pro­vide the film’s cen­tral plot, the trail­er sug­gests that Bat­tle of the Sex­es might also tell a more nuanced tale of an ath­lete com­ing to terms with her sex­u­al­i­ty while in the limelight.

The film also stars Andrea Rise­bor­ough, Alan Cum­ming, Sarah Sil­ver­man, Bill Pull­man and Elis­a­beth Shue, and is writ­ten by Slum­dog Millionaire‘s Simon Beaufoy.

Bat­tle of the Sex­es hits cin­e­mas 24 Novem­ber. Let us know what you make of the trail­er by tweet­ing @LWLies

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