Viola Davis Has a Suggestion for Who Meryl Streep Could Play in ‘How to Get Away with Murder’

Davis was delighted to find out that Meryl Streep is a huge fan of the show, and offered, “If she is watching this, I would love her to come on and play my mother-in-law. Come on, Meryl, play my mother-in-law! I mean where else but in Shondaland would Meryl Streep be my mother-in-law?”

Streep and Davis starred together in “Doubt,” the 2008 big-screen adaptation of the Broadway play.

As for the new Michael Mann thriller “Blackhat,” in which she plays an FBI agent trying to track down a mystery hacker wreaking havoc, the actress said it has changed the way she does things online.

She explained, “I have this rule now, before I do anything, even send an email, I think about it beforehand. There have been so many emails I’ve actually written and before I press send, I think about it, re-read it, erase some things and decide not to send it… I stopped shopping online.”

Viola also addressed rumors she is set to play a villain in the upcoming DC Comics movie “Suicide Squad.” She said, “We’ll see if I’m playing a supervillain… a really bad woman. I like this whole period in my life where people see me as this anti-hero. I’ve always been nurturing, which I am, I believe in real life, but I’ve been having fun playing the other side of it.”

“Blackhat” hacks into theaters January 16.