![]() ![]() Today, she looks red-carpet-ready in a white pearlescent dress, with a full face of flawless makeup and hair piled high. “I mean, I’m a woman who works out, but not like five hours a day,” says Davis. ![]() ![]() In preparation, Davis and her female castmates, including erstwhile 007 Lashana Lynch and Thuso Mbedu, the fast-rising star of Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad, embarked on a rehearsal period like no other. The fight choreography is thrilling, and the then 56-year-old Davis did nearly all her own stunts. Her co-stars include Star Wars’ John Boyega as King Ghezo, but while he spends most of the film peacocking around the palace, the women are out doing bloody battle. Davis gives a performance of phenomenal physical and emotional power as Agojie general Nanisca. The Woman King is an 1820s-set, action-packed historical epic about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit of the Kingdom of Dahomy, which once existed in what is now Benin. I know because she has told me – “Let me just be honest, I’m tired,” she says at one point, with all the heartfelt emphasis of those Academy Award-winning eyes – but I also know because I’ve seen her latest film, and anyone would be tired after pulling that off. ![]()
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