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00:02Billie Jean's triumph makes her the most successful woman player of all time.
00:06Do you all consider yourselves women's livers?
00:09What we're doing here is trying to prove that women should be paid and respected equally.
00:13Playing Billie Jean, I wanted to learn as much as I possibly could,
00:16especially about Billie Jean in that era.
00:18I'm gonna be the best. That way I can really change things.
00:23In 1973, so much was happening for her internally.
00:26I am not saying that women don't belong on the court.
00:30Who would pick up the balls otherwise?
00:32Billie Jean and Emma, they both have the same sort of, like, bright light,
00:37fierce commitment to her craft, and I think they really connected on that.
00:42Emma was definitely in it physically,
00:45because Billie Jean was a world-class tennis player, a really strong athlete.
00:52She really has her down. Emma's posture, her walk when she's on the court,
00:56this, like, anti-peacocking that I think Billie Jean did.
01:01I'm not saying women are better. I'm saying we deserve some respect.
01:04It's such an impactful story, and I don't know that she could have possibly known,
01:09you know, this would be such a definitive match for all of women's sports history.
01:14I'm done talking. Let's play.
01:15Let's play.
01:17Let's play.