While on the red carpet for the annual GLAAD Media Awards, Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder) took a few moments to chat with CBR News about her upcoming role as Amanda Waller in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Her first question was the age-old why did she sign on for the part, her reply: “That she’s Amanda Waller! That she’s badass!”
The actress then elaborated a bit and revealed how she relates to the character: “She’s unapologetic, everything that I’m reading and studying about her: unapologetic, no humor, just brutal. That’s me!” The two-time Tony Award-winner & two-time Academy Award-nominee sounded genuinely excited that she’ll be the one to bring The Wall to life on screen and ended her brief interview by sharing some of the sentiment: “Listen, she gets to use a gun, it’s my fantasy. Now, I would never do that in real life, but when I get a gun on set, it does something to me. *Laughs*”
