Jennifer Lawrence Reveals the Biggest Hindrance to Her Craft & Why It Suffered, Viola Davis Reveals Her Criticisms of Juilliard - Biggest 'Variety' Revelations!

Viola, on how The Woman King first was pitched to her…

Viola said, “Maria Bello presented me with an award at Skirball Institute. And instead of presenting it traditionally, she pitched the idea of this movie, which she’d written a treatment for and was shopping around town. She said, ‘Wouldn’t everyone want to see Viola in ‘The Woman King’?’ Everyone cheered. They stood up. And I remember that was the moment I thought to myself, ‘Sit down. It’s just never going to happen.’”

Click inside to see why Viola thought the film would never get made…