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Viola Davis Joins Ben Affleck & Matt Damon On Set of 'Nike' Movie

Viola Davis Joins Ben Affleck & Matt Damon On Set of 'Nike' Movie

Viola Davis is getting to work on her next project!

The 56-year-old Oscar-winning actress cooled down with a shaved ice treat while on set of her upcoming Nike movie with co-stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on Wednesday afternoon (June 29) in Los Angeles.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Viola Davis

Ben was seen wearing a pair of earphones as he spent the day directing Viola and Matt in a few scenes.

The upcoming movie is based on the true-life story of former Nike executive Sonny Vaccarro, who Matt is playing.

Ben – who is directing and co-wrote the movie – will be playing Nike co-founder Phil Knight in a “story around Nike’s longshot effort to sign rising superstar basketball player Michael Jordan to its shoe company in the mid-eighties, an endorsement that seemed impossible at the time but thanks to the maverick sneaker salesman, would become the most significant relationship between an athletic brand and an athlete.”

Viola is playing Michael’s mom, Delores Jordan.

You can check out the full star-studded cast lineup here!

Click through the gallery inside for 65+ pictures of Viola Davis, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon on set…

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