But nobody could deny the girl's talent from a young age, including her hardened and chain - smoking mother LaVona — who is played, transcendently, by Allison Janney in huge plastic glasses and a shapeless brown mop of hair, equal parts hilarious scenery - gnawing and horrifying cruelty. (vox.com)
«It was an absolute dream, synergistic moment of casting,» says Allison Williams of being offered, as her first big - screen role, the part of Rose Armitage, the female lead in Jordan Peele «s feature directorial debut Get Out — which allowed her to make fun of and then completely subvert her preexisting screen persona — as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the Awards Chatter» podcast. (allison-williams.org)
The smoking was done by Allison Janney as Lavona, Harding's mom, who beat and humiliated her supposedly in order to extract her best performances. (newrepublic.com)