Viola Davis has offered fresh thoughts on ‘The Help‘ and they aren’t all positive.
Why?
Find out below…
Davis has spoken openly about her views on the movie and why she feels it failed to represent the African-American characters it sought to celebrate.
She told ‘The New York Times.’
Have I ever done roles that I’ve regretted? I have, and ‘The Help’ is on that list.Being that role model and picking up that baton when you’re struggling in your own life has been difficult. I just felt that at the end of the day that it wasn’t the voices of the maids that were heard. I know Aibileen. I know Minny. They’re my grandma. They’re my mom. And I know that if you do a movie where the whole premise is, I want to know what it feels like to work for white people and to bring up children in 1963, I want to hear how you really feel about it. I never heard that in the course of the movie.The friendships that I formed are ones that I’m going to have for the rest of my life. I had a great experience with these other actresses, who are extraordinary human beings. And I could not ask for a better collaborator than [director] Tate Taylor.
Davis first revealed she had concerns about the movie shortly after its release.