Viola Davis says she's spoken to Michelle Obama 'for several hours' as she prepares to play her on Showtime's The First Lady.The 55-year-old actress, appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Friday, said the assignment is extra daunting because of the respect and admiration she has for the former first lady.'It's terrifying because ...
sometimes someone doesn't live up to whatever image you have in your head,' she told host Fallon, 46. 'But when they do live up to the image, it's quite frightening.
It really is.' The latest: Viola Davis, 55, says she's spoken to Michelle Obama, 57, 'for several hours' as she prepared to play her in Showtime's The First LadyThe Ma Rainey's Black Bottom star said of Michelle: 'The woman is a damn.
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