The soon-to-be-released Battle of the Sexes centers on Billie Jean King and her 1973 win over Bobby Riggs. But in order for her to change the world, her husband, Larry King, had to support her by staying out of her way.
Played by Austin Stowell, Larry King doesn’t have a huge role in the just over 2-hour-and-20 minute movie, but that’s actually the point.
“We take a very narrow window, and during that time Larry wasn't around,” co-director Jonathan Dayton told Baseline. “No one outside a very inner circle knew what was happening in Billie Jean's life during that time. So that was interesting to use. Here she is the most famous woman athlete in the country and she has this secret life.”