Thelma & Louise in 1991.Asked by CBS News about how things changed, Davis replied: “Oh yeah, let me think of the ways. Oh, it didn’t!
So, the change hasn’t really happened yet. Still waiting.”The actress’ activism began in 2004 when she noticed there were more boys than girls in the shows that her daughter watched, and after commissioning a study that was shown to studio executives, more girls were cast.Davis said it is now “50-50”, though noted that things had not gotten better for actresses over 50.“No, no.
No, it hasn’t [gotten better],” she continued. “It’s much different for female actors past 50 than male actors past 50. The majority of female characters, I believe, are in their 20s, and the majority of male actors are in their 30s.
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