'It's not always so great being on top...Hitting the glass ceiling is not success, it's significance.' violadavis joins TheWomanKing cast to discuss her purpose as an actor. | VarietyStudio presented by KingsHawaiian at TIFF
’s sweeping early-19th-century war movie. It’s an Africa-set epic of the kind not seen since “Zulu,” only this time, the task of defending the Mother Continent rightfully falls to the locals, not their enslavers. This side of the story is long overdue, recasting Western civilization’s greatest shame as the atrocity that it was while celebrating those who opposed it.
Davis plays Nanisca, who in the film’s aggressive prologue, stands firm before a phalanx of well-armed women, her hair fashioned into a kind of Mohawk, scars visible on her face and shoulders. We’ve never seen the actor like this, and not for a second do we doubt Davis’ capacity to take down her rivals, as Nanisca brandishes a broad scimitar and ululates her sharp, shrill battle cry, cueing dozens of Agojie to charge forward, leaping and spinning into combat with members of a rival Mahi village.
We can’t help hating these two figures, although Santo is accompanied by a hunk named Malik , whose heritage is more complicated: His father was white; his mother was Dahomey. The instant Malik sets eyes on Nawi, the movie opens a Disney-esque door for romance it’s not really equipped to see through.
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