Viola Davis spoke to Michelle Obama before playing him on the upcoming Showtime show First womanBut avoid sharing what you have discussed privately.
“What’s so dramatic about Michelle Obama?” I’ll tell you what is dramatic. “She is a black woman and the first black woman in the slave-built White House, a man who was actually perceived as too masculine, not feminine, angry, hostile, and I’m going to share with you something she said to me: Davis said. Deadline Contenders for TV series during the panel.
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“He said, ‘I’m not even an angry person.’ Isn’t that something? Listen, I’m an angry person, but it’s not. So what I wanted to do was respect that and not perceive what black women should do. ” It seems.
First womanThe 10-episode series, which debuts April 17 on Showtime, tells American history through the eyes of Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Obama.
“I’ve always tried to keep an eye on the sublimation of sound throughout the story and to draw the story’s goal from a woman’s point of view,” said Katie Shulman, producer and executive producer of the show. “So it was important to see the continuity and similarity of the themes, as well as underline the controversy. “We wanted it to go through and go through 110 years of history at once and in one episode.”
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Susan Bier, director and executive producer, said: “There is an incredibly delicious feeling of getting into specific stories, but also an understanding of so much about us all.”
In one scene, Michelle Obama shares her concerns and fears for the safety of her husband, Barack Obama, as she launches a presidential campaign, also using the N word to describe the racist and extremist threat.
“We use the creative license because we all know Michelle Obama is someone who doesn’t like politics, its vices,” Davis said. “So it was an imaginary conversation. And I was going to use those words because I know these are the words black people use in person. Ჩ Do it yourself. We use these words in person, mostly to get something from home, and Michelle Obama is on the South Side of Chicago. So I felt like it was imaginary, but I felt good that it was something that could have happened. “
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