AdvertisementDenzel Washington And Viola Davis On Adapting 'Fences' And Honoring August Wilson15:49Download AudioResumeDecember 25, 2016NPR StafffacebookEmailDenzel Washington says his character, Troy, "thinks he can control death and the devil, and he finds out in the worst way that he can't." Washington stars alongside Viola Davis in Fences. (Paramount Pictures)