Viola Davis on playing Michael Jordan's mother Deloris in 'Air': 'It’s the height of Jim Crow. It’s the height of Black people being told that their dreams didn’t matter. So, for her to have that big vision for her son... is so miraculous.'
Affleck said that he showed Phil Knight the movie, and, given how his portrayal of Knight is as a kooky fella who enjoys wearing Nike tracksuits around the office, putting his bare feet up on the desk, and dispensing Buddhism-lite philosophical musings, he felt “halfway through I realized [it] might have been a giant mistake and I thought about leaving.” But Affleck said he won Knight over by relating his portrayal of him to the way the star’s been treated online.myself.
“My mom was born in 1943. Deloris was born in 1940. She was born in a generation of people whose dreams were their kids,” said Davis. “It’s the height of Jim Crow. It’s the height of Black people being told that their dreams didn’t matter. So, for her to have that big vision for her son, and to believe it so full-heartedly, is so miraculous. So, it was an honor to play Deloris.
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