Posted on 12/18/2020 9:38:11 PM PST by simpson96
Viola Davis is thrilled to be playing Michelle Obama in the upcoming Showtime anthology series First Ladies, but says she had some trepidation.
The How to Get Away With Murder star dropped by The Graham Norton Show for an episode that will air on Dec. 25, where she opened up about playing the former first lady.
"People love Michelle Obama," Davis told Norton. "They feel like they know her, they own her — and they do not want anything that is negative to touch her."
As an actress, Davis said she delights in looking for the "mess" when it comes to playing a character, so she knew it would be a challenge. "How am I going to do that with Michelle Obama?" she asked, laughing.
Davis said the former first lady gave her blessing for the project role. "Listen, everything you think, feel, see with Michelle Obama is all that she is," Davis said. "We know that. But I always say, 'You can talk to my husband, you can talk to my daughter, you can talk to my mom about me' — if someone were going to play me in a biopic — 'but you would still only know 40 or 50 percent of me.'"
She continued, "You're not going to know some deep, dark secret that I don't even share with the people who are closest to me. And it's all that info that you gather as an actor to create another human being," she said, jokingly adding, "So, now I got Michelle Obama — What do I do with that?"
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Damn it all. Viola Davis was one of my celebrity crushes!!
Viola Davis is going to play a transgender Woolie?
Viola Davis is going to play a transgender Wookie?
What, they couldn’t book Ru Paul to play The Mooch?
Seriously?
Ex SNL comedianne Leslie Jones is crestfallen! This was to be her big comeback after the Lady Ghostbuster fiasco.
Pfft
I really enjoy Viola’s acting but it’s bizarre that she’s been cast as MObama
You’re not going to know some deep, dark secret that I don’t even share with the people who are closest to me....You mean about the 11” schlong she demonstrates while dancing with Degeneres?
Don’t worry, Viola - the most painful part will be the addadictomectomy...
I imagine MO as a woke Aunt Esther.
First, it opens on Christmas? Slap in the face to Christians.
Second, she’s getting paid $100,000s of dollars for the role. Excuse me if I don’t feel sad for her.
The Rock would have been a better choice.
LMFAO!
Shoulda got Wesley Snipes.
That's funny.
If black women would stop slobbering over the rich bitch Michelle Obama and look at her record of scamming poor blacks out of housing, etc, plus her book/Movie deals, they would realize that she doesn’t really give a damn about them except for photo ops/votes and to promote her fat ass and fake resume’.
And that’s the truth!
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