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‘Woman King,’ Viola Davis and the culmination of a struggle

Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Lashana Lynch, a cast member in "The Woman King," poses for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Cathy Schulman, one of the producers of "The Woman King," cast members Lashana Lynch and Viola Davis, and director Gina Prince-Bythewood pose together for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Viola Davis, center, and Lashana Lynch, right in pink dress, walk the red carpet for "The Woman King" in a photo taken from the vantage point of the RBC Red Carpet Gallery, at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) This image released by Sony Pictures shows Viola Davis in "The Woman King." (Sony Pictures via AP) Director Gina Prince-Bythewood, left, and Viola Davis attend the premiere for "The Woman King" on day two of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Roy Thomson Hall on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) This image released by Sony Pictures shows Viola Davis, left, with director Gina Prince-Bythewood on the set of "The Woman King." (Sony Pictures via AP) This image released by Sony Pictures shows Viola Davis in "The Woman King." (Sony Pictures via AP) Cathy Schulman, one of the producers of "The Woman King," cast members Lashana Lynch and Viola Davis, and director Gina Prince-Bythewood pose together for a portrait at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)