Air Movie Interview: Matt Damon & Marlon Wayans on Watching Viola Davis Soar
34Viola Davis is a bona fide star who can effortlessly carry any show or movie in a lead role, but she’s also got a knack for taking supporting roles and turning them into scene-stealing powerhouses. The world first took notice when she did just that in Doubt. With a mere eight minutes of screen time, Davis scored an Oscar nomination. She also has another Best Supporting Actress nomination to her name courtesy of her work in 2016’s Fences. Could there be another supporting nomination on the horizon for her performance in Air? Yes, it’s early in the year, but I’m already rooting for it to happen.
Directed by Ben Affleck, Air stars Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro. It’s the mid-80s and Nike’s basketball division is struggling to keep up with juggernauts like Converse and Adidas. In a last-ditch effort to save the division, Sonny insists they put their entire budget (and then some) towards a rising star, Michael Jordan. Sonny quickly learns that the only way to sign Michael is to win over his mother, Davis’ Deloris Jordan, an expert negotiator with a big heart who’s about to change sports marketing and athlete compensation forever.
With Air now playing in theaters nationwide, I got the chance to chat with Damon and co-star Marlon Wayans who plays George Raveling, one of Jordan’s coaches at the 1984 Olympics. During our chat, I absolutely had to ask about Damon’s experience working opposite Davis. Check out what he said about that and more in this Air movie interview!
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