Viola Davis says a director once called her by his maid’s name.
Viola Davis talked about her experience with a director recently at the Cannes Film Festival in France. She explained that the incident happened when she was 30 years old and was just starting out in Hollywood.
The Oscar, Tony and Emmy winner said 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.”
The incident occurred when the “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, “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.”
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The star who earned an Oscar nomination for playing a maid in 2011’s “The Help,” a role Davis said she regrets accepting the role. She 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.
“Let’s be honest. If I had my same features and I were five shades lighter, it would just be a little bit different,” Davis explained to the industry outlet. “And if I had blond hair, blue eyes and even a wide nose, it would be even a little bit different than what it is now.”
The “How To Get Away With Murder” star continued, “We could talk about colorism. We could talk about race. It pisses me off, and it has broken my heart, on a number of projects, which I won’t name.”
“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,” Davis said.
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