The DCU officially has an EGOT status actor in their talent pool as Viola Davis took home a Grammy for reading her memoir Finding Me. DC Studios’ Waller series featuring The Suicide Squad star is currently her next anticipated project and fans are already expecting the best performance from the 57-year-old actress after her prestigious win.
From witnessing Ben Affleck‘s sad yet meme-worthy moment to watching Black Adam star Dwayne Johnson‘s wholesome interaction with Adele – The 65th Grammy Awards was an exhilarating ceremony yet it was Viola Davis’ win for Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling that made the event memorable. The Amanda Waller actor’s winning speech stood won a lot of applause, “I just EGOT,” says Davis in the video.
The official Twitter handle for DC also took part in appreciating Davis with a reference to the Task Force X head. “Amanda Waller is just that good.” Meanwhile, Jennifer Hudson, who is also an EGOT status holder, congratulated Viola Davis by calling her a “living LEGEND”. Readers can check out the reactions below.
Viola Davis fans call out Oscar snub for The Woman King after EGOT status from Grammy award
The Woman King‘s Oscar snub was seen by many critics as a disrespectful disregard of the moving performances by the movie’s titular star Davis and others like Lashana Lynch. But the EGOT honor has arguably scrubbed away the disappointment held over the lack of an Oscar nod at the 95th Academy Awards.
Amanda Waller is just that good.
Congratulations to @violadavis on hitting EGOT status!!
— DC (@DCComics) February 6, 2023
Hold the line !!!!!!! Viola Davis just became EGOT #18 !!! Omg @violadavis U are absolutely everything ! Congratulations to a living LEGEND. Time to celebrate !!! pic.twitter.com/jwZZeY9y3a
— Jennifer Hudson (@IAMJHUD) February 5, 2023
YAS! waiting patiently for her amanda waller show pic.twitter.com/20pK1gEuhi
— olivia (@itscrofano) February 6, 2023
Of course Viola Davis is an EGOT winner, I wouldn't expect anything less of Amanda Waller
— 🔴LepsLair is Live (@lepslair) February 6, 2023
Viola is the greatest we have, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of her as Amanda Waller.
— andy Shazam! Fury of the Gods ⚡️ (@andyi2dc) February 6, 2023
Props to Amanda Waller ( Viola Davis ) on her EGOT status pic.twitter.com/abN2fUAKA5
— Angelo Partí Pants, GED (@PartiPants27) February 6, 2023
Viola Davis is now a EGOT which is a phenomenal sign as she’s gonna slay as The Head Gamemaker Dr. Volumnia Gaul in The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes! Plus her return as Amanda Waller in Waller! https://t.co/DopJe8Z7YU
— Josh ❤️ M3GAN & Glass Onion #BlackLivesMatter (@supermangeek101) February 6, 2023
Viola Davis is now officially an EGOT. And she SHOULD be nominated for "The Woman King" at the Oscars too! Such a disappointing snub. #Grammys
— Jason Fraley (@JFrayWTOP) February 6, 2023
A REAL MOTHER pic.twitter.com/vKUtEpEnPS
— jurídico ivy W/ (@merasnixx) February 6, 2023
imagina a bancada do oscar vendo a viola davis virar egot tendo esnobado ela de toda a premiaçao pelo trabalho impecavel em the woman king
— ؘ (@bIondrew) February 5, 2023
VIOLA DAVIS no fue nominada al Oscar 🏆✨ [tu lugar fue ocupado -inmerecidamente- por Michelle Yeoh ❌] pero acaba de ganar el GRAMMY a Mejor Narracion por el audilibro 📚🎙 de sus memorias "Finding Me". Ahora tiene el EGOT : Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony.
Es la Woman King 👑#GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/0ZsH6oSrhk— Mancandy At The Movies 🤴🎥 (@MancandyCine) February 6, 2023
Viola Davis as known as Amanda Waller is the first actor in history to be part of a cinematography world like #DCStudios or #MarvelStudios to be an EGOT. She’s now getting her own show. Congratulation viola and dc for having her. #GRAMMYs #egot
— girl fone (@igor05361291) February 5, 2023
EGOT Viola Davis on the #GRAMMYs makes me want to rewatch The Woman King. But then I’ll just be mad she got snubbed by the #Oscars, soooo…..
— Lyssa shouts about myths & Sandman & comics (@lyssawrotethat) February 6, 2023
And fawwwk the Oscars for not nominating viola Davis for the woman king btw, that's my egot winner! pic.twitter.com/Kdsfn5VB7q
— agapé is broke student (@agapethamar) February 5, 2023
God will never leave you. Woman King didn’t get any Oscar nominations, but my girl Viola Davis is now an EGOT.
— Golding (@GoldingGirl617) February 5, 2023
Viola Davis has become the third black woman to achieve EGOT and is only the 18th actor to earn this status. Her EGOT journey has been long expected since her Oscar win for 2001’s Fences. Furthermore, bagging the Primetime Emmy for How to Get Away with Murder cemented her place in the hall of fame-Esque privilege as an EGOT holder.
Since James Gunn‘s address on DCU chapter 1, there’s been a general assumption that DC Studios titles would be produced as high-quality series on the likes of HBO’s Game of Thrones and not on the lines of The CW. In fact, the DCU head also teased the Wonder Woman spinoff, Paradise Lost as a GOT type drama. One can only hope for the Waller show to be treated as a similar high-production value project with an EGOT actor playing the lead.
Waller is currently in development from a story created by Watchmen‘s Crystal Henry and Doom Patrol‘s Jeremy Carver. The HBO DCU series is TBA with no details yet on castings a production start date. However, characters from the Peacemaker show are expected to appear.
