Kevin Costner is very aware he only makes ‘movies for men’
nypost.com“Horizon: An American Saga.” “I make movies for men. That’s what I do,” Costner remarked on the June 27 episode of “Happy Sad Confused.” “But I won’t make a movie unless I have strong women characters, and that’s how I’ve conducted my career.
I think that’s why I have a good following,” he added. “I thank you women for dragging your men here — it was a Western after all.
I just can’t conceive of a movie without having [strong women].” Costner’s latest project features a robust female cast, including Sienna Miller, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee and more.Costner, who serves as the writer, director, producer and star of the film, said he “couldn’t conceive of a scene that didn’t involve a woman” when he was writing the film’s script alongside Jon Baird.
He went on to emphasize why women are so important to the story of “Horizon” on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on June 24. “This has a tremendous amount of women in it,” Costner said at the time. “They play such a big part of the West and what happened.
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