With her new presidential action flick G20, Viola Davis understands the desire to politicize her role.
Noting they made the movie before Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election to Donald Trump, the Oscar winner can see “probably in hindsight” how her butt-kicking politician character President Danielle Sutton might make voters long for what could have been.
“I do not think it’s a suspension of disbelief to imagine someone who looks like me as the president,” Davis told UK’s The Times.
Davis also explained why President Sutton’s political party is never clarified in the film. “If you get down to the nitty gritty, we just wanna reach people,” she said of the movie, hitting theaters April 10.
Although her onscreen counterpart is undeclared, Davis endorsed Harris for president in November, narrating the former Democratic vice president’s ‘Mother‘ campaign video.
Viola Davis in ‘G20’ (2025) (Ilze Kitshoff/Amazon Prime Video/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Directed by Patricia Riggen, G20 takes place at the annual summit of world leaders, where terrorists have taken over and President Sutton has to bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family, her fellow leaders and the world.
The cast also includes Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Ramón Rodríguez, Antony Starr, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Marvel, Sabrina Impacciatore, Clark Gregg, Angela Sarafyan and more.
