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Jennifer Garner was all business when she took the stage at this year’s Forbes Women’s Summit. Thick-rimmed glasses and a black-and-white checked pantsuit. Her sleeves were puffy, and her smile, as always, was big, but everything else—light makeup, a small black notebook—suggested boardroom, not backlot. four Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award“Nobody is saying, ‘I’m just looking for a 47-year-old mom who wants to shoot in L.A. and do something about women.
In a world in which action-packed tent poles with men playing superheroes or super-strong humans often get the highest budgets, there are fewer high-earning opportunities for actresses. According to athat analyzed 1,100 popular films between 2007 and 2017, only 30.6% of speaking characters were women. When it comes to high-budget action movies, that number dropped to 23.2%.
It’s a step forward, for sure. But for true parity, it’s not just Hollywood that has to change. Culture will have to shift too. Female-focused films will have to be as popular as action films, or women will have to play their superpowered and indestructible stars. “We need to see these things because we as human beings we learn from art, and what can you do if you never see it reflected? I feel like I constantly see women of incredible talent playing wives and girlfriends in thankless parts. I just had enough,”at 2017’s Television Critics Association press tour. “I thought that was a really unique opportunity to have so many incredible parts for women in one piece of material.
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