I’ve never worked with a cast that worked this hard.
I’m fine.'"
Their nutritionist-trainer Gabriela Mclain isn’t surprised by the women’s grit.
Lashana Lynch, Viola Davis, Shelia Atim in ‘The Woman King’.Ilze Kitshoff/TriStar Pictures
They have to become warriors to be able to do that."
“I did DNA testing on all my girls,” she says.
“We are unique, all of us, and whatever works for me may not work for you.
Viola Davis wages war against European colonialism in ‘The Woman King’.Ilze Kitshoff/TriStar Pictures
I did find out that Viola is very prone to tendon and ligament injuries.
So I have to be very careful.
All these things are super important or otherwise, we will injure her.”
The testing also helped Mclain formulate an appropriate nutritional plan for the women.
“There was a certain similar structure to all of [their meals],” she says.
Though getting hangry would probably be good fodder for those fight scenes.
The Woman Kingis in theaters today.
