As a result of her casting, the character of Deloris became significantly more substantial in the movie.ĪIR, also starring Matt Damon and Chris Tucker, is in cinemas now. The director added that he managed to book Davis for the part by “begging” and treating her “with respect”. “But he (Jordan) was like, ‘That’s my mom.’ He was dead serious… And that was it.
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“‘How am I going to offer Viola Davis a movie with one line? That’s not going to happen,'” Affleck recalled thinking. Set in the 1820s, the film stars Viola Davis as a general who trains the next generation of warriors to fight their enemies. The sports star suggested Davis, even though the character of Deloris only had one line in the script at that point. The Woman King is a 2022 American historical action-adventure film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey during the 17th to 19th centuries. It was one of our top experiences of being treated the way we felt we deserved to be treated.”Īffleck met up with Jordan to discuss the movie and asked if he had any ideas about who could play his mother. Ben’s an auteur and so unbelievably kind and respectful. Reflecting on the shoot in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar winner said, “(It was) an unbelievable experience that me and my husband and even my hair and make-up team still talk about to this day. Davis and Tennon play Jordan’s parents Deloris and James. The sports drama, directed by Ben Affleck, tells the story of Nike bosses as they set about trying to secure a sponsorship deal with the basketball legend. Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon had an “unbelievable experience” playing Michael Jordan’s parents in AIR. Michael Jordan suggested casting Viola Davis as his mother Deloris.
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