Inside Viola Davis' 'Daring' Transformation for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' (Exclusive)
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etonline.comViola Davis never set out to perfectly embody Ma Rainey as she was, nor did she particularly concern herself over meeting anyone's expectations of how she would play the part. «I wanted to create a character on my own terms,» she tells ET. «I did not want to filter it through the white gaze or through any idea that people would have about someone who is larger, Black, a singer, a woman.»«Usually those characters are just big and funny.
Big, Black and funny,» Davis puts it plainly. «I wanted more than that. I wanted autonomy.» is the actress' second adaptation of an August Wilson stage show, following her Oscar-winning turn in 2016's.
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