Name: Viola Davis Gushes Over Playing Michelle Obama in a New Series | The Tonight Show
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starring in the highly acclaimed film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,"

[ Band plays funk ] [ Cheering and applause ]

-Oh, my goodness. [ Laughs ] -It's great to see you.

I want to talk about your Oscar nomination

in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," but I want to quickly touch on

[ Cheering and applause ] -Yeah. -Here's a picture.

[ Laughter ] I fell in love with my husband

because I saw a baseball bat near his bed

You know, the Internet was going crazy today

because the "Suicide Squad" trailer was released.

[ Cheering and applause ] -That's going to be giant.

You tweeted it out and James Gunn had a response,

said, "No lie, @violadavis is so scary as Amanda Waller,

I was afraid to give her acting notes on set."

I was real tough, but I really am not that tough.

I mean, I appreciate what James Gunn says,

but that's one of the reasons why I love playing that role,

because I get to cuss someone like Idris Elba out, you know?

[ Cheering and applause ] It's a new series.

-I don't know. I think it was temporary insanity.

and made a damn decision that I can't take back.

[ Cheering and applause ] Everybody feels like

Here's the thing -- I'm just going to do the best I can.

I said, "Genesis, let me tell you something.

Mommy is doing the best she can," so that's it.

-That's exactly right. That's exactly right.

Have you talked to Michelle since they announced this?

but when they do live up to the image, it's quite frightening.

It really is. -She really does live up to --

She actually is that cool and that awesome.