Serena Williams Reduced to Marketing Puppet in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

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[{"selector":"#anim-8addc08c-6bcb-4e6c-a33d-da63bc05b6aa [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(10.504687604254089%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-53de2249-7794-45a4-bf4e-8daf94f91279","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The film features Daniel Craig who played Detective Benoit Blanc, attempting to solve the murder mystery of Miles Bron on a private island. Moreover, the star-studded cast included some cameos. One of them is none other than Serena Williams.

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[{"selector":"#anim-43c6495b-06b7-4a55-a4d9-39e4366d65a0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(16.580364075826726%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8dd22002-d8ea-4737-a51b-129802c9e44a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Serena Williams said: "They had wrote me into the script originally. They were thinking of me. And I was like, No way cool!"

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[{"selector":"#anim-fbea33a6-d040-4451-aa31-2c0b907f8873 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(9.092457719001752%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d721a2f3-7852-4630-874b-fcd36d32d603","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Serena's IMDB page lists 28 acting credits, dating back to a voiceover role in the Simpsons in 2001. However, Daniel Craig's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery had been released on Netflix on 23rd December. It is a sequel to the 2019 film Knives Out.

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Serena Williams Reduced to Marketing Puppet in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

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