Actress, who was in Brazil recently and talked to Rolling Stone Brazil, star G20, new original film from Prime Video
“In my mind, I see a line. And besides this line, I see green fields, beautiful flowers, beautiful and white women, trying to reach my arms outstretched over that line, but I don’t see how to get there. I can’t get past that line.”declared Guitar Davisciting the abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the stage of the 67th edition of Emmy Awardsin 2015, by winning his first statuette for the role of the tough lawyer Annalise Keating in How to Get Away With Murder (2014-2020).
“The only thing that separates women from color from anyone else is the opportunity. You can’t win an emmy for papers that just don’t exist.”added the artist, thrilled.
Some time later, from the third season of the successful series, as well as protagonist, Guitar would also be credited as a producer of How to Get Away With Murder. Since then, the actress has been working to create the opportunities that in the past have been denied to her.
“I feel that it is my legacy and my duty to create a job that means something to someone. And it means something to someone who is like me, who is on the sidelines, like a young black actress, and just wants to participate.”said the actress, who produces and star G20Prime Video’s new original feature, in an interview with Rolling Stone Brazil.
Next to her husband, the actor Julius Tennonwhich also signs the executive production of the novelty, Guitar He landed in an atypical and rainy Rio de Janeiro, on April 4, to promote the feature, which is now available in the streaming platform catalog and brings the actress as the president of the United States on a mission to save her country and the world.
Part of the select group of artists who won the Egot – a title given to winners of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards – and often compared to Meryl Streepone of the greatest actresses of international cinema, Guitar He saw his career to escape after the success of How to Get Away With Murderensuring your work in great cinematic hits, such as A limit between us (2016) – which yielded its first Oscar -, The Suicide Squad (2021), The Woman King(2022) and Hunger Games: The Song of Birds and Serpents (2023):
“Now that my career has reached another level, and Julius And I had a chance to create a producer, we wanted to have material for that chocolate girl, which is on the sidelines, and for the people in color, women … the broad spectrum of humanity “completed the actress.
“This is how we are”he added Julius. “What we wanted was to create a company that could give opportunities to those who may not be at a certain level, but were incredibly talented and deserved an opportunity. So you take people where they can go.”
“You won’t be able to take everyone, but you give the opportunity. And opportunity generates opportunity. So you give someone the opportunity, and then it passes the staff to someone else.”continued. “And that’s how a flow is created. That’s how you start to change things, creating opportunities, and then others do the same thing.”
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What is the story of G20?
When the summit of G20 She is attacked, the president of the United States – a heroine of war, wife and mother of two – becomes the main target of a plan to loot the world. After escaping the capture of criminals, she needs to be smarter than the enemy to protect her family, defend her country and save world leaders.
In addition to Viola Davis, G20, that is directed by Patricia Riggen (The 33), still has ANTONY STARR (The Boys), Anthony Anderson (The infiltrates), Ramón Rodríguez (Will Trent: Special Agent), Marsai Martin (Black-Ish), Elizabeth Marvel (Above any suspicion), Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus), MEEWHA ALANA LE (Great divide), Christopher Farrar (Kindred: Secrets and Roots) and Douglas Hodge (Joker). Watch the trailer:
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Source: Rollingstone
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