Twitter Drags Viola Davis’ VERY Specific Portrayal Of Michelle Obama In The First Lady

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Look… even a heavy hitter like Viola Davis can miss every once in a while. There’s no denying that the Oscar winner is one of our most respected, most talented stars, but her latest role in The First Lady came with a lot of expectations.

Playing a real person is always more difficult, but representing a present day figure whom the audience is very familiar with, like Michelle Obama, only increases the pressure. Related: Hulu Viewers Absolutely OBSESSED With Kim Kardashian’s New Ugly Cry Face! The first episode premiered on Sunday, and viewers noticed a particular mannerism that the actress relied on in her portrayal of Mrs.

Obama that, well, raised some eyebrows. It’s a puckered-lip face that some fans think turned the first Black First Lady into a caricature. (A specific clip circulating, in which Michelle calls Barack Obama racial slurs to make a point, didn’t help matters.) Over on Twitter, users criticized: Some fans even thought the role would spark a feud between the two women: To make matters worse, the How to Get Away With Murder alum actually spoke about her fear of getting Michelle wrong and possibly offending her in an interview with Vanity Fair.

She said: Related: Wait, Emmy Rossum Is Playing Tom Holland’s MOTHER?! Twitter Reacts! No word yet on whether it landed with the First Lady, but it definitely didn’t land so well with the audience!