During a radio interview, with he 50-year-old actress explains she's taking a break from sex scenes after being injured during a hot and heavy scene with co-star Billy Brown.
- Feb 25, 2016
AceShowbiz - Viola Davis revealed during a "Sway in the Morning" radio interview on SiriusXM on Wednesday, February 24 that she's taking a break from filming sex scenes on "How to Get Away with Murder". Viola said she was injured while filming a hot and heavy scene with co-star Billy Brown.
"I blew my back out," the 50-year-old actress, who plays Annalise Keating, chuckled. "That was in the Billy Brown scene. He threw me up against a wall. I mean, look, all I can say is I was totally committed to the scene, but no, I just told them to slow it down for a minute."
"I'm going to get back into it - I have to!" she continued, before teasing details about Annalise's busy love life. "It's Shondaland! They're gonna have me doing all kinds of stuff with all kinds of people."
During the interview, Viola weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Oscars. The actress didn't place the blame on the Academy Awards, but rather said the problem was with the "Hollywood movie making system," and the lack of films featuring people of color.
"You need people who are in a position of power to green light movies that have us in them," she shared, "That's the only way that things are going to change - to have more projects out there. Listen, if you have 200 movies that are mainly Caucasian and two movies that are black, then we're still going to be in the same boat."
"We have to step up to the plate too. We have to see movies like 'Selma'. We have to see movies like 'Dope'. We have to see movies like 'Beasts of No Nation'. You gotta support those different voices out there. Listen, Hollywood, at the end of the day, looks at the box office. You know, we're consumers."
