Reese Witherspoon says women deserve better from HollywoodAcclaimed actress and producer Reese Withe
Reese Witherspoon says women deserve better from HollywoodAcclaimed actress and producer Reese Witherspoon is determined to change the way Hollywood treats women.“She has set herself the difficult task of shifting Hollywood’s attitudes towards women, by both changing the way women are portrayed in Hollywood films and by changing the way female actresses are treated by the industry. "We deserve better. It’s great to speak up, but what I really think is you’ve got to do something,” she said.Frustrated by the lack of strong female characters in Hollywood films, Witherspoon decided to enter the section of the industry that would allow her to change this persistent trend – production.Witherspoon established her own production company in 2013 in order to regain control over the types of films that get made in Hollywood and the way these films portray women.In her role as producer, she has fought for the creation of two films that place strong, complex female characters in leading roles – Wild and Gone Girl."I set out with the idea that I wanted to develop material that has strong female leads. I wanted to make movies about what I want to put out into the world,” she said.“Read the full piece here -- source link
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