Viola Davis responded to widespread criticism of her latest performance, saying critics were “useless”.
The Oscar winner received negative reviews from both critics and social media about the role of Michelle Obama in the series “The First Lady” on Showtime. In an interview with the BBC, Davis called the response “incredibly painful.”
“Critics have no purpose,” she said. “And I’m not saying it sucks. They always have the feeling that they are telling you something you do not know. Somehow you live a life surrounded by people who lie to you and “I will be the one who leans in and tells you the truth.” So that allows them to be cruel to you. ”
She said playing someone as widely known as the former first lady was “almost impossible” and that “you were doing too much or not enough.”
The first lady, also starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson, has been seen by many as an award-winning play released during the latest Amy controversy, with Inku Kang of the Washington Post criticizing “Emmy lure performances.”
Earlier, Davis won an Emmy for his role in the ABC thriller series How to Get Out of Murder.
The first lady received a 42% Rotten Tomatoes rating, with Adrian Horton of the Guardian reporting “terrible dialogue, mixed tempo and parody performances” and Caroline Framke of Variety writing that the actors were “struggling to create a believable life for their characters”. .
“How do you move from injury, from failure?” She said of the bad reviews. “But should. Not everything will be done, worthy of rewards. “
Davis won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for her performance in the August Wilson Fences adaptation and was nominated for roles in Ma Rainey’s Doubt, The Help and Black Bottom. She will then be seen in the action biographical film The Woman King, a film she calls her “magnum opus.”
“Ultimately, I feel that my job as a leader is to make bold choices,” she said. “Win or fail, it is my duty to do so.”
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