Viola Davis says director called her by his maid’s name: ‘I knew him for 10 years’
nypost.comnot the help.The Oscar, Tony and Emmy winner has revealed that an unnamed filmmaker — a friend of nearly a decade — slipped up and called her by his maid’s name.“He called me Louise — and I found out it was because his maid’s name was Louise.” Davis, 56, dropped the bombshell claim during the “Women in Motion” event Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival.The diss went down when the now-revered “The First Lady” star was just starting out in the film biz.
Davis added that it was not an isolated incident — but the sort of disturbing occurrence that happened repeatedly.“I knew him for 10 years,” said Davis, clad in a stunning scarlet suit. “I was maybe around 30 at the time, so it was a while ago — but what you have to realize is that those micro-aggressions happen all the time.”The star — who earned an Oscar nod for playing a maid in 2011’s “The Help,” a role Davis has said she regrets accepting — also discussed how race typically plays a role in the projects that she isn’t offered. “A lot of it is based in race.
It really is,” she said.Viola Davis reveals a director repeatedly called her by his maid's name: "He called me Louise and I find out that it’s because his maid’s name is Louise.
What you have to realize is that those micro-aggressions happen all the time." https://t.co/te1X2nJiJs @KeringGroup #Cannes pic.twitter.com/Aey7nS3FrV“Let’s be honest.
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