Viola Davis is a force to be reckoned with in the first official trailer for ‘The Woman King.’
stars Davis as Nanisca, an African commander who led the Agojie, a real-life army of all-female warriors. In an, Davis shared that she trained four hours a day, five days a week to physically prepare for the part. “Weight training, sprinting, martial arts, and weaponry training for the machete,” she said. “I like to say that I was the OG warrior.”
From the looks of it, the work paid off. “An evil is coming that threatens our kingdom, our freedom” warns a foreboding voiceover as we see shots of intruding white colonizers entering the West African kingdom of Dahomey. “But we have a weapon they are not prepared for.” Silently out of the brush, Nanisca appears, leading a group of warrior women under the cover of darkness. In the next frame, an unsuspecting white intruder turns and comes face to face with Nanisca's sword.
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