Ghostbusters director Paul Feig calls out Hollywood’s history of sexism.
“It’s a bigger problem than a glass ceiling on paydays,” “Peanuts Movie” producer – and the director of an upcoming all-female “Ghostbusters” – tells TheWrap about women in Hollywood.
Ever since creating the breakout hit movie Bridesmaids, Paul Feig has used his creativity to create more opportunities for women in leading roles. Since then, he created The Heat, Spy and the upcoming Ghostbusters female reboot. Feig is constantly working on putting women in leading roles in feature films and TV shows.
But, this has not been easy for the filmmaker. After months of “misogyny and insults”, Feig snapped and tweeted, “Go Fuck Yourself,” among other things.
But, that is in the past now. The filmmaker just released The Peanuts Movie which made $45 million in the box office despite facing off against James Bond movie, Spectre.
Recently Feig spoke with TheWrap about Hollywood and why he avoided making sequels to the biggest movies in Hollywood. It is a really interesting interview that you can read in full here but, the best part of the interview is where Feig calls out Hollywood’s history of sexism and what he plans to do to change the film industry forever.
There’s the business side of it where, leaving gender out of it, your paycheck is based on what you made previously. Nobody’s going to get an enormous raise unless they prove that they’re a box office draw. That’s across the board, for men and women. Now if a woman is an equal box office draw and she’s being paid less than a man, then that’s criminal and I wouldn’t allow that to happen.
Paul Feig continues on by highlighting that it’s a circular argument putting women in a pigeon hold and unable to escape the never ending cycle of sexism in Hollywood.
Jennifer Lawrence should be paid every cent as much as her male counterparts, and probably more because she has proven to be a bigger draw. But Hollywood is not going to be altruistic about anything unless it means they’re going to profit from it. We need more leading roles for women, and they don’t have to be “strong female characters,” because I hate that term.
Hollywood is undergoing a major transition and women are finally going to be able to command larger and more meaningful roles.
Get ready!
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