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Viola just did an interview with Pridesource and talked about her coming to terms with accepting the LGBTQ community. Here's what she said about Annalise and her relationship with Eve.
Viola Davis Talks Journey to LGBTQ Acceptance, Finding Her Power & Why Her Favorite Role Was As a Man
Did you have something to do with Annalise’s xesual fluidity, then?
I had everything to do with that. And so did (creator) Pete Nowak; I can’t leave him out. I really have to give him credit for that too. But yeah, absolutely. And also, “I Am Jazz”: I was watching that one night. I love that show. But I was watching that one night and (trans TV star and model Jazz Jennings) was playing in the closet with one of her friends who was a trans teenager, and it was just great. They were talking about who they see themselves with in the future, and they were like, “Whoever, you know. I’m open. I’m open to a boy, I’m open to a girl.” And they started talking about just the attributes of the people they wanted to be with.
That transformed me more than anything. I thought, “That is the greatest thing in the world,” and I thought that that was a great idea for Annalise because Annalise is so damaged, so traumatized that what if she just said, “I’m just open to love”? God, think about what we can explore there.
I find this so interesting that she is bringing this up now. Eve and AK's attraction to women has essentially been erased from the show. It seems that Eve is the only relationship that she ever talks about... I guess because she was directly involved and she found it believable.Did your mother ever see the episode of “How to Get Away with Murder” you didn’t want her to see – the first time you kiss Famke Janssen?
Yep!
You said that you weren’t gonna show it to her.
I didn’t show it to her! She saw it on her own!
And?
She was good with it – because my niece is gay and at 9, 10 years old she told her mom, my sister: “Mom, I like girls,” and my sister said, “OK. Well, are you OK?” She said, “I think I’m fine.” She was like, “OK, well I’m good too.” And that was their conversation.
Viola Davis Talks Journey to LGBTQ Acceptance, Finding Her Power & Why Her Favorite Role Was As a Man
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