Viola Davis of "How To Get Away With Murder" will soon have her biggest break in the silver screen if things will push through with Studio Warner Bros. Pictures.
The lead cast of "How To Get Away With Murder" was rumored to be in negotiation for the role of Amanda Waller for the DC movie "Suicide Squad." And Viola Davis was apparently just weighing her schedule. Latino Review stated that she is close to bag the role in the forthcoming DC offering for 2016.
Viola Davis of "How To Get Away With Murder" was offered the role of Amanda Waller, the prison warden who is in command of the "Suicide Squad."
Several reports have shown that Viola Davis and the filmamakers are managing her schedule so she can do "How To Get Away With Murder" and "Suicide Squad" simultaneously.
Games Radar stated that Oprah Winfrey and Octavia Spencer were also strong contenders for the role of Amanda Waller. But it seems that the way things are going, Viola Davis will land the role of DC villain for the upcoming DC film.
Amanda Waller, the role offered to Viola Davis is a government agent and an ex-congressional aide who heads the "Suicide Squad," a semi-secret government group who are previous supervillains working together for amnesty.
Will Viola Davis of "How To Get Away With Murder" be able to play as Amanda Waller? Of course Viola Davis is capable and talented and being an Oscar nominee, she has the capacity to effectively portray the role of Amanda Waller.
If things will be closed a deal in the coming days, Viola Davis will soon join the other casts of Suicide Squad. Studio Warner Bros. Pictures had announced the other casts including Jared Leto as Joker, Will Smith as Deadshot, and Margot Robbie as Joker's girlfriend, Harley Quinn.
If Viola Davis will bag the role in "Suicide Squad" it will be a huge step in her career. First, she will be seen portraying a big role in the silver screen. And playing the role of a villain means, she will be really effective to play opposite the hero.
"Suicide Squad" is the perfect project that Viola Davis, was waiting for a long time.
Earlier in September, the "How To Get Away With Murder" actress told the The New York Times Magazine that she has always played "downtrodden, mammy-ish."
"A lot of lawyers or doctors who have names but absolutely no lives. You're going to get your three or four scenes, you're not going to be able to show what you can do. You're going to get your little bitty paycheck, and then you're going to be hungry for your next role, which is going to be absolutely the same. That's the truth."
The Oscar nominee, Viola Davis, who is also the lead cast of "How To Get Away With Murder" is playing a challenging role of Annalise Keating, a brilliant and seductive professor of defense law and is expected to turn the twist in the story.
Viola Davis is an award-winning actress, who had received numbers of recognitions including Tony Awards, Drama Desk Award for "King Hedley II" and "Intimate Apparel," and "Fences." She was also nominated in the Oscars, Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and more.
Viola Davis is known for her distinguished roles in the movies "Traffic," "Antwone Fisher," "Doubt," "The Help,"and "Solaris."
The "How To Get Away With Murder" lead star was named as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012.
Suicide Squad is directed by David Ayers and written by Ross Andru, David Ayer, and more. The film is slated to be released in movie theaters on August 5, 2016 with stars Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Jared Leto, Will Smith, Cara Delevigne, Jesse Eisenberg and Viola Davis.