Viola Davis on ‘G20’ and the Power of Women: ‘We Can Be the Hero Too’ (Exclusive)

Viola Davis is dishing on her new action-thriller “G20,” which has her playing U.S. President Danielle Sutton, who must evade mercenaries infiltrating the intergovernmental G20 summit in Cape Town, South Africa.

“Extra's” special correspondent Roqui Theus spoke with Viola, who emphasized how this story speaks to the power of women.

"I think that we can be the hero, too," she said. "I think that we can answer that call to adventure, and I think that when we feel that we’re capable, then people will feel that we’re capable. We put that narrative out in the world. We lead the charge in defining who we are."

Davis also reflected on rejecting any limits placed upon her in her career.

She commented, “I’ve been in that cage before, in the beginning of my career. We all are, all actors are, until I got the revelation that, ‘Viola, you don’t have to do that. You really don’t. You define you.’ And as soon as I did that, a huge explosion of, it's a huge release of knowing what your possibilities are, right? And that exceeds everything. That exceeds race, age, sex, and all of a sudden it’s brought me and what it’s invited is joy.”

Davis admitted that she doesn’t usually sit through her movies, but she did for the “G20” premiere.

She explained, “It’s very hard to watch yourself… So, I forced myself to do it this time and I sat next to my daughter… It was a tremendous experience, I mean, tremendous. She kept saying, my daughter's the best... She kept saying, ‘Oh, my God, you’re goated, Mama! You’re goated!'"

Oscar winner Timothée Chalamet also recently gave Viola a shout-out in his acceptance speech, something she thought was "really wonderful and beautiful of him."