Viola Davis Says She Fears What Michelle Obama Will Think Of Her Portrayal In ‘The First Lady’
deadline.comViola Davis stars in Showtime’s The First Lady in the role of Michelle Obama, and she admits she’s nervous about what the former First Lady will think of her performance.
The anthology drama is set to premiere on April 17.“Let me tell you something, not only does the thought [of Michelle Obama watching the show] come to mind, it keeps me up at night,” Davis said during the show’s CTAM panel on Wednesday.“You don’t want to insult them by your portrayal… As much as we feel like we know Michelle Obama—and I did everything I could to research—there are those private moments where there’s some level of creative decision-making that you have to take.
I don’t know how she lays in bed with Barack or how she disciplines her children. There are small minutiae that I can just take creative license with and hope that I’m not insulting her with it.
That’s what you have to navigate as an artist.”She added, “So yes, there’s a huge amount of fear. Huge. But that’s what we live for as artists.
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