Maria Bello Has Been Waiting to Make ‘The Woman King’ for Decades

For Maria Bello, the success of 'The Woman King' only made her more determined to ensure women’s stories make their way to the big screen.

The film, which stars Davis as the leader of a fearsome female army, earned critical praise, awards buzz, and $92 million worldwide thus far at the box office.The Woman King

relatively quiet, and is speaking in-depth on it for the first time now. “I always felt like it wasn’t my story to tell,” she says. “This movie wouldn’t have been made without Viola and this team. I’m just proud.” As a child growing up in Pennsylvania, Bello would read encyclopedia chapters about African nations over and over. Later, she worked at the library while studying political science at Villanova, which is where she began to focus in on women’s stories—or the lack thereof. “I realized there were really no history books about women,” she says. “The only women I could find in America were like Betsy Ross.

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