Brie Larson Calls Out 2 Sexist Female Roles That She’ll Never Do
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“I’ve read that so many times,” Larson said of these very specific types of character descriptions she hates but sees often in scripts.
Brie Larson wants screenwriters to do better.
On Sunday, The Hollywood Reporter published a roundtable discussion between Larson, Jennifer Aniston, Jodie Foster, Nicole Kidman, Sofía Vergara, Naomi Watts and Anna Sawai for its “Off Script” series, in which the dramatic actors spoke frankly about their careers.
Nearly 24 minutes into the discussion, THR executive editor, Lacy Rose, asked the women if there was any “role, or perhaps …triggering terms in character descriptions [in scripts] that make you all say, ‘Mm, no I’m not going to do this?’”
Larson had an immediate, knee-jerk reaction to the question.
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