Viola Davis says she was told she wasn’t 'classically beautiful' enough to play romantic leads
Viola Davis says she was told she wasn’t “classically beautiful” enough to play romantic leads. The ‘First Lady’ star revealed that casting directors The 56-year-old actress told The New York Times that industry professionals told her she was “too dark” and “not classically beautiful” to take on the starring role in a romantic movie. Viola faced similar criticism when she was cast as Annalise Keating in the Shonda Rhimes’ series ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ with people claiming she “wasn’t pretty enough to pull it off”. Of the reaction, the ‘Fences’ star believes the reaction is the product o...