Viola Davis Felt ‘Like A Bada**’ After Training For 9 Months To Play ‘The Woman King’
etcanada.comIt took a lot of work for Viola Davis to become a fearsome warrior. Speaking to People magazine, the 57-year-old Oscar-winner opened up about the intense training she went through to feel “like a bada**” starring in “The Woman King”. “When I was a girl wanting to win the Miss Central Falls Recreation Contest — wanting to look good in a bikini, wanting to be thin and cute and delicate and pretty — I just wanted to be willowy and thin,” Davis said. READ MORE: Viola Davis Leads Fearsome Female Warriors Into Battle In ‘The Woman King’ Trailer “I was always muscular and thicker, and I felt like my femininity could not be created with this canvas.
And then all of a sudden, with this role, my muscles, my arms, my thick legs, my heavy voice were perfect. I felt unapologetic about it.
I celebrated it physically in every way,” she continued. “Sometimes you do a movie and then it’s over. And sometimes, you do a movie and it shifts you a little bit.
You’re a little bit better for it. And that’s what it’s been like for me with the training.” Gabriela Mclain, who was the trainer and nutritionist on the historical action epic also shared her approach to getting the cast in shape to play the legendary Dahomey Amazons. “My goal was to pretty much make it natural, just as the woman would look if they were to go and fight because it’s based on true stories.
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