Viola Davis On Sex Scenes

 Viola Davis covers VARIETY’s “Actors on Actors” issue where she talks about those steamy sex scenes and diversity in Hollywood.

Viola Davis  covers VARIETY’s “Actors on Actors” issue alongside Tom Hanks. The “How To Get Away With Murder”  sits down with Tom for a candid interview about diversity in Hollywood

“I saw that role as an opportunity for something that was way bigger than doing good work,” she said during the interview. “I saw it as an opportunity for a dark-skinned actress of 50 to be in a role that is sexualized, not sexy — there is a difference between sexualized and sexy. I saw it as an opportunity, a blank palate, or canvas, to put my mark on.”

 

“Even in fabulous roles, they are still within the confines of being ‘strong,’ ‘a device,’ ‘funny,'” Davis said. “If it’s a black movie, at best it’s a biopic because it makes the audience feel comfortable that I am investing in this black person’s humanity, who I already know has made a mark in the world.”

You can check out their full  interview here. 
Viola talking about shooting sex scenes in movies vs. sex scenes in TV:
 

 

 



Photos: Getty/Variety/THR
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