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How Viola Davis’ Physical Transformation for ‘The Woman King’ Also Transformed Her Mind · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Derived from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Actors are often asked
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Speaker 1: to make physical transformations for roles, to typically end after
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Speaker 1: the project is complete, but when Viola Davis was tasked
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Speaker 1: with getting in the best shape of her life for
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Speaker 1: The Woman King, it ended up transforming her outlook just
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Speaker 1: as much as her body. She tells people, when I
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Speaker 1: was a girl, I wanted to look good in a bikini,
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Speaker 1: be thin, cute, delicate and pretty. I just wanted to
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Speaker 1: be willowy. I was always muscular and thicker, and I
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Speaker 1: felt like my femininity could not be created with this canvas.
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Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, with this role, my
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Speaker 1: muscle's armstick legs, my heavy voice felt perfect. Sometimes you
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Speaker 1: do a movie and then it's over, and sometimes you
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Speaker 1: do a movie and it shifts you a bit. You're
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Speaker 1: better for it. And that's what it's been like. With
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Speaker 1: the training, Viola adds, it's left her with a huge swagger.
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Speaker 1: The Woman King is out today. That's direct from Hollywood.