Viola Davis to play Michelle Obama
in Showtime's First Ladies
BBC,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: M2,
8/27/2019 7:05:30 AM
Viola Davis will play former US First Lady Michelle Obama in a new TV drama, according to US media.
The Oscar-winning actress will portray Obama in First Ladies - a Showtime series looking at several US presidents' wives throughout history.
Obama, Eleanor Roosevelt and Betty Ford will be the focus of the first series, written by novelist Aaron Cooley.
First Ladies will aim to provide insight into both the personal and political lives of presidents' spouses.
It will also show how many major political decisions were made in the White House's east wing, where the First Lady and her staff are based. The Obamas spent
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DW626 8/27/2019 7:15:05 AM (No. 163390)
Too bad Lewanda Page passed away.
She would’ve been perfect for the part.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 8/27/2019 7:23:21 AM (No. 163399)
The Hulk wasn’t available?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Cindiana 8/27/2019 7:24:46 AM (No. 163401)
John Candy would have been perfect as Hillary.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mobyclik 8/27/2019 7:27:43 AM (No. 163404)
Is Rosie Grier still around? (Old NFL fans will remember him.)
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Califedup 8/27/2019 7:27:51 AM (No. 163405)
There are plenty of retired black NFL offensive tackles that would have been a better casting choice to play Michael/Michelle Obama. They could have used the work.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Jebediah 8/27/2019 7:56:12 AM (No. 163424)
And guess who will be treated very very well, and who will not.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
worried 8/27/2019 8:17:10 AM (No. 163447)
I suggest Moms Mabley. She could play either Obama or Roosevelt.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
GW_Rider 8/27/2019 8:29:00 AM (No. 163455)
Add this to my "must miss" list.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
marbles 8/27/2019 8:39:07 AM (No. 163464)
No make up needed. Borrow the " wookie" costume from Star Wars.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
ControlFreak 8/27/2019 8:41:20 AM (No. 163466)
Well, Viola Davis DOES walk like a man and has a deep voice, so it’s partially a good fit.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Delilah 8/27/2019 8:43:16 AM (No. 163468)
Viola is a good choice. She's as ugly at Michelle. I quit watching 'How to get away with murder' because I couldn't stand her and the homo guys. And the story line stinks.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
smsnod 8/27/2019 8:45:19 AM (No. 163473)
They’ll probably have Lena Dunham play Melania. No bias on this show, of course.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 8/27/2019 8:45:52 AM (No. 163475)
George Foreman would have been a better pick.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
BillW. 8/27/2019 8:52:28 AM (No. 163481)
I hope they include a scene of her stroking her Adam's apple.
MAGA
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
seamusm 8/27/2019 8:59:45 AM (No. 163493)
I do love Ms. Davis. She is an excellent actress. Shame she has to play such an unsympathetic character - like the poor schmuck who had to play Judas in Passion of the Christ.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/27/2019 9:12:08 AM (No. 163506)
Too many politically incorrect lines from which to choose. Why anybody pays attention to this horrid woman is beyond my comprehension.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
sw penn 8/27/2019 9:16:29 AM (No. 163513)
If a black woman can pretend to be Bond,
a white man can pretend to be a black woman.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
earlybird 8/27/2019 9:19:49 AM (No. 163519)
Both are black. The resemblance ends there.
In another article on the same page, announcing the death of one of Mooch Obama’s designers, Isabel Toledo, we learn that Toledo - who did that awful yellowish inauguration getup that Mooch wore with olive green gloves - went on from Mooch to design plus size clothes for Lane Bryant. Just a short hop and a skip.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy 8/27/2019 9:23:57 AM (No. 163523)
Sasquatch from the Jack Link beef jerky commercials wasn't available?
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Where's the LBGTQ crowd on this? Having a straight person play a transsexual is an unforgivable offense.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Truth Czar 8/27/2019 9:52:24 AM (No. 163556)
Will Viola have to wear prosthetic horse teeth?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
cor-vet 8/27/2019 10:07:57 AM (No. 163570)
I'm sure that while Betty Ford will be depicted as a fall down drunk, Communist Eleanor will be played as a sympathetic socialist and the Mooch will become the happiest, most pro American to walk on water.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 8/27/2019 10:25:45 AM (No. 163592)
Viola Davis' teeth are a bit too perfect she needs that gorilla underbite like Mickey has. I believe she is the one that played the wife in Enemy of the State with Wil Smith. For the whole movie I hated scenes when she was in them because I thought she looked like Michelle Obama.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX 8/27/2019 11:21:31 AM (No. 163667)
Let me guess... She's slender and feminine... Eye roll.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
CB1 8/27/2019 11:35:55 AM (No. 163688)
My initial thought was OJ, but I see several others had similar thoughts and beat me to it.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
jacksin5 8/27/2019 11:43:13 AM (No. 163696)
It's a shame Red Foxx has passed on. His comments on the casting session would have been priceless. You can be sure no casting couch was required to get this role.
4 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Moritz55 8/27/2019 11:51:09 AM (No. 163710)
Why not Will Smith?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
caddyjak 8/27/2019 1:28:57 PM (No. 163802)
Who plays the gay President?
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
zoidberg 8/27/2019 3:32:41 PM (No. 163930)
Viola Davis will be onscreen, but will have Samuel L. Jackson's voice dubbed in.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 8/27/2019 6:29:38 PM (No. 164120)
I tried watching that show #11 but they made the Davis character bi-sexshul (yes I know) in the second season. That was just out of left field. Haven’t watched any episodes since that.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/27/2019 7:22:25 PM (No. 164157)
If Moochie played herself there wouldn't be room for anyone else on stage!
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