After Viola Davis Did Nearly ‘Everything’ For The Woman King, She Used Two Stunt Doubles For G20 (And Good For Her)

After Viola Davis Did Nearly ‘Everything’ For The Woman King, She Used Two Stunt Doubles For G20 (And Good For Her)


A couple of years ago, Jénel Stevens (who also worked on the Black Panther stunt team ) told CinemaBlend that Davis did 95 to 98% of her stunts and “was down for everything basically.” When I asked G20’s director Patricia Riggen about how Davis balanced things out with the stunt team, here's what she said: And, we actually had two different [stunt] doubles for different things because it was a very complicated shoot and it had a lot of moving parts, a lot of scenes, so it was just useful to have them. When I spoke to Ramón Rodriguez about an early scene in the movie where his character, who is the head of the Secret Service, and Davis are going head-to-head in Ju Jitsu in front of the White House, he offered some more insight on her abilities at 59 years young with these words:

Author: Sarah El-Mahmoud


Published at: 2025-04-08 22:48:05

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