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Viola Davis Reveals a Director Called Her By His Maid’s Name, Speaks Out on Hollywood’s Slow Race Progress (EXCLUSIVE)
Zack Sharf Viola Davis joined Variety and Kering at the Cannes Film Festival for a powerful Women In Motion conversation in which she revealed a director once called her by his maid’s name. The Oscar and Emmy-winning actor was talking about Hollywood’s perception of Black actors and how the amount of roles she can play remains limited due to her skin color, even at her A-list stature.“I had a director who did that to me.
