Director Ben Affleck cast Davis in his movie about Jordan's historic sneaker deal with Nike at the ballplayer's request. 'Viola Davis,' Jordan said, according to Affleck. 'That's my mom.'
shoot, the character of Deloris was the draw.
“Mothers are the most important figures in anybody’s life, so I was very flattered and deeply moved to be asked to play Michael’s mother,” Davis told. “I know Michael Jordan but didn’t know that Deloris brokered this deal to get him a huge stake in the shoe and in turn, protected her son’s legacy. I wanted to know more about this woman who had the strength and courage to fight for her son’s worth.
In an early version of the script, before Affleck met with Jordan, the Deloris character was minimal, he said. But sparked by Jordan’s input—and boosted by the advice of Affleck’s wife, Jennifer Lopez, the filmmaker began to see Deloris as the key to the story, and expanded the role. One of Davis’s pivotal scenes is a phone call between Deloris and Damon’s character, Sonny Vaccaro, the Nike exec who is trying to sign her son to a contract. The scene is seven pages in the script, which Affleck shot with four cameras on each actor.
“I want to play the scene so they can get up, they can do whatever they want, they can move around,” Affleck said. “We did two takes and I said, ‘That’s the best thing I’ve ever seen. I’m done. If you want to go again, I’ll shoot all day.’ [Davis] went, she watched the playback. When she came out, it was the first time I saw her smile and I just felt like, ‘Oh my God.’ It was the most lovely, rewarding moment.
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