Viola Davis is Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad, but how did she land the role of a lifetime, as some would put it?
As we all should know by now, Viola Davis is one of the main characters on the ABC TV show How To Get Away With Murder. The show would have gotten in the way of filming her parts in Suicide Squad, but ABC president Paul Lee made things work out for the actress.
It's quite interesting because ABC is owned by Disney, which is also the owner of Marvel Studios. Warner Bros., with its DC Extended Universe, will no doubt compete with what Marvel Studios, under the wings of Disney, has already established.
It shows that while fanboys are taking shots against each other on the web, the studios are actually working together behind the scenes in more ways than one.
"They were totally willing to work it out. I'd never seen anything like it. [ABC President] Paul Lee came up to me and said, 'Oh, I want you to have everything.' Who does that? I was very lucky," said Davis in an interview with SlashFilm.
When it comes down to what fans can expect from Suicide Squad, well, the plan is to humanize the characters, something we haven't seen much in superhero movies.
"I mean, you saw the trailer so the trailer very much, what you see is these superheroes have been humanized. That's what makes this kind of a different superhero movie," Davis said.
We have to wonder, though, if Davis was to appear in a 20th Century Fox film based on a Marvel character, would ABC have allowed her the free time she needed?
At the end of the day, this move could work out well in the favor of ABC. If Suicide Squad turns out to be a hit, then it means more folks would get to know who Viola Davis is, and they might want to watch more of her. How To Get Away With Murder could benefit greatly from this.
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