One thing about our Viola Davis, she is going to own a character! Not only are you going to get every expression and mannerism, but you are also going to sit, watch the movie, and be inspired.
Viola Davis will be playing Michelle Obama in Showtime’s The First Lady set to air in Spring 2022.
According to EW The show’s first season will focus on the personal and political lives of Obama, Ford, and Roosevelt, tracing “their journeys to Washington through an enlightening intimacy,” according to Showtime.
Now that we have that out of the way, Black Twitter will always find the humor in everything, and these Tweets, had us rolling.
VIOLA KNOW SHE AINT HAVE TO HOLD HER MOUTH LIKE THIS OMG https://t.co/CeEG9TGdwo
— Vaccine Shaw, Esq. (@holadamilola) November 8, 2021
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Nah this is trolling. Viola KNEW DAMN WELL ?
— Vaccine Shaw, Esq. (@holadamilola) November 8, 2021
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she’s been studying ? pic.twitter.com/Ocvu6N3Or3
— ?? (@mypersonaIhell) November 8, 2021
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Now…she understands the assignment a lil bit too much
— £istienriah (@eistiencarey) November 8, 2021
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That’s how Auntie hold ha mouth tho pic.twitter.com/fJPUOXWMkO
— Raph (@justcallmeRaph) November 8, 2021
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they all making the same face I had to pic.twitter.com/9PSf06PPxB
— YT : Zion Destiny ASMR ⁷ (@zionnndestinyyy) November 9, 2021
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Me in the waiting room of the audition hearing oscar winning actress Viola Davis crying and running her nose: pic.twitter.com/8VGGFn6d7i
— guapo ?? (@HayfordJL) November 9, 2021
All jokes aside, according to EW, Viola did in fact study Michelle closely, as she should.
They shared:
Yes, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress (and The First Lady exec producer) did have a nice chat with Michelle Obama — and read her memoir, Becoming — before signing on to the anthology series, which explores the former First Lady’s eight years at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. (The dead ringer for President Barack Obama is Black Widow’s O-T Fagbenle.)
“I feel very protective of Michelle,” says Davis, who also studied the first lady’s 2020 Netflix doc to perfect her gestures.
“It’s our job as actors not to judge whoever we are portraying, but I ended up thinking she’s just dope.”
We agree, and cannot wait to see Viola nail this role!