Viola Davis has played a huge role of iconic characters in recent years, from DC’s Amanda Waller suicide squad And peace maker To heavy roles in fences And The bottom of the black Ma Raini TV Show How to get away from murder booting. After that, she will make headlines and produce her own movie the king womanflick another badass work from old guardJenna Prince Blythwood. Davis’ physical transformation of the role It’s been well documented in recent months, but now she shares why it’s important to tell this story of heroic action.
at CinemaCon 2022Viola Davis took the stage during the Sony panel to accept and talk about an award Next 2022 movie. We just saw shots of the actress like we’ve never seen her before, in full beast mode King’s woman, an action movie that sees her run and fight and generally look like a badass. This isn’t the first time the actress has played a badass, as Davis has done a lot of action widows. But this time, calling the movie a new category for Hollywood, the story of Dahomey Amazons seems to be a mix between a realistic historical epic and a superhero movie.
Davis says it’s been a long battle to get to this point, noting that Cecily Tyson was the first who inspired her calling. She says the actress’s vision created a “radical transformational force” and gave her the ability to “believe in something greater than my world.” She wanted to get that across to audiences too, and even the struggles she faced as a black actress in Hollywood helped her get to a point where she could tell the stories she wanted to tell.
As an actor, I wanted to play characters I had never seen before in a body that looked like my own. And then when I got to a certain point in my career I wanted to be a producer that would support these stories, with people, with a history that looked like me.
Now that she’s producing herself, she said her goal is to bring “great stories” to the big screen. She also told audiences at CinemaCon that there was one thing she didn’t want on her conscience at her death, noting that “you know the five words I don’t want to take to my grave are I wasn’t brave enough,” before sharing why it’s so important to create stories like the king woman on the screen.
I always tell the story of my little daughter who snuggled up to me one night. And I told her a story about an enchanted land with characters flying and trees talking. And the only thing she could tell me was, “Mom, can I be in the story?” There is a whole generation, the look of people who want to be in the story. And when the Woman King was brought to me, I knew she was…. My greatest work, as much my greatest composition as Jenna Prince Blythwood… each of us.
Initially expected to star as Lupita Nyong’o opposite Viola Davis, Theo Mpidou joined forces. the king woman In 2021. The following time, the film signed notable cast members including John Boyega, Lashana Lynch, and Hero Fiennes Tiffin. The film is expected to be released on September 16, 2022.
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