Olympias Maybe, she should have asked for more lines in the Martian so she wouldn't have complained.

ahaha! I heard when they said that part too! hahahah!!!

Or maybe Tom Hardy is the male Jessica Chastain!!!🤔You just did what Jessica was talking about comparing her to a MALE actor 😇

New Message Fake issue made by idiotic feminists who are apparently a victim of everything.

Chase Jackson wtf shit like that DOES happen

@@chasealbertjackson964 I wonder if your stance has changed?

But anyone who isn't a red headed actress in their 40s is not.

They're always planned. Every little bit is rehearsed.

team 89er who?

Bat Man you know, that girl from arrival

No, it's that lady with a late night show on tbs

Loved her in black mirror

Emily E. Ya also Mrs.Borat

true, especially: Aliens Harry Potter Terminator Buffy Oh wait...she cherry picked.....I see....

@@RhetoricalMuse Well, she isn't implying that NO good female or female roles have ever happened. She and the movement are pushing to make it happen far more often than it does. Like, for example, you can name those four movies/shows off the top of your head but how many other strong female characters can you think of without naming; Buffy, Ripley, Wonder Woman and Sarah Connor? I know my mind is struggling with it a little. Sure, if we thought about it we could come up with more but that's the point she's making :)

Marcus She tried comparing her paycheck to Matt Damon's..... when he was the main lead.

Juan Luna amazing at cherry picking

@@christopherrembert6356 what cherry picking!?

Davide Manfro Yeah and the best part was that they got to kill the main villain too, tom didn't took that away!!!

Just one joke, there are plenty of movies every year with women as leading character; just look at the movies from last year oscars...i don't see the issue. It's just a nonsense battle whose result is to extend the gap and the differences instead of reducing it.

one movie ? how about new Ghosbusters and Pitch Perfect ?

Oh you mean the movie where women play the roles of sex slaves who need to be rescued from a tyranical man with the aid of another man called Max in order to succeed? If you think Mad Max is a shining example of female empowerment and proof there is no blatent misogyny in the industry then you are sadly mistaken.

I mean the movie where a bunch of women get rescued by another woman (Furiosa), free a man in chains (Max) whose only role is to help those women to take down the evil man...and Max is the man whose name is in the title (not to mention that Furiosa was originally heading to a land of strong and fighting women). Going further, i'm not saying that there are no differences, i'm saying that thing that she brought to the show and that association will not help and that the differences are not that big anyway, given all the movies that come out every year

You've got good observation skills haven't you?.. It's almost like men and women are attracted to different jobs.

ya but how many female day time shows are there? Too many too count

Chelsea Handler

Then more women need to become writers. It's not the men's fault if writing appeals to them but not women. Women can complain all you like about there not being many female writers or directors, or they can actually become one and even the playing field.

Yeah they do need more women to become writers why they don't is something I don't know and is the overall problem but they don't address that ever, like every critic is going crazy over Lady Bird yet it didn't get any nominations for directing or writing for Gerwig, I can't really judge if its good or not because I haven't seen it yet but outside of that film I can't remember seeing any or even hearing about any that could be seriously nominated and have any credibility. I think another part of the problem overall is that a lot of people just give lip service or jump on the bandwagon of movements because its easy to do and they do not come up with real solutions a prime example is Natalie Portman complaining at the Globes that all the directors were male meanwhile her own production company has hired only 1 female director (hint it was Portman her self) and she signed a petition trying to get Polanski pardoned from his child rape charges while espousing women empowerment and anti harassment warcrys like a medieval tribesmen.

There are two main reasons why there aren’t more female writers/ directors etc. The first is commonly referred to as the Gender Confidence Gap. Studies show that women are more likely to underestimate their abilities than men, for example if a woman thinks she’s bad at something she’s probably actually average, if she thinks she’s average at something she’s probably actually quite good. When applying for jobs most women will only apply if they meet almost all criteria, whereas men will apply if they meet a lot less, say 60-75% of criteria. It’s easy to see why women have this confidence gap, imagine from birth being told things like “you can’t do that, you’re a girl!” “Your pretty good, for a girl” “you throw, like a girl.” You hit, like a girl” et cetera et cetera. Research shows by the time girls hit puberty their confidence plummets compared to their male peers. The second problem is gender bias. Whether conscious or unconscious, certain roles have deep ingrained gender stereotypes, for example when I say nurse, most people think ‘female’ when I say pilot they think ‘male’ and screenplay writer is a traditionally male dominated job so naturally screenplays by men will get read/picked up more often. To solve these problems will take a massive social shift in how we think about, talk about and treat girls and women along with programs in schools and workplaces to build females confidences back to match their male peers. Men can help by being champions for the women in their life. If your daughter/sister/mother etc says ‘oh I can’t do that’, tell them they can. If they underestimate their abilities, tell them. Give them the confidence back that society has taken from them. Then maybe those women who think they're "not bad" writers will realize they're actually good and really could make a career out of it.

There are actually a large number of females writing scripts, but its all stages of the process. From writers, to producers and studio execs and directors etc. When men hold a majority of those positions, it is difficult for women to be heard. For some reason studios don't think female led films will be successful despite evidence proving otherwise.

@@masoncampbell971 Oh ffs! Most of those "studies" are pure BS and those journals have been busted twice now for academic corruption. First in the Sokal hoax in the 90's, and again just recently by the sokal squared hoaxes. Just look at the garbage studies that get passed in that garbage corner of academia... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obybbMRmr8nIYZ8.html

feminist on its knee

kuksz Didn't she try to compare her paycheck with Matt Damon's..... Despite him being the star of the film?

What matters is the point she wanted to make.

Yeah, but making up shit to prove it doesn't prove it. If I said 1 of every 5 Jessica Chastain movies is awful, then I made my own stat-sheet full of reviews that I totally made up, that doesn't prove my point because I've completely fabricated my evidence. If she'd have brought in real scripts for real movies, that's real evidence to prove a real point. Bringing in a made-up script for a made-up movie, isn't real evidence and leans you more towards the point being just as made-up since she doesn't have real evidence to prove it.

Rips I get what you mean but it might’ve been a last minute thing or there could be legal issues involved where as NBC won’t allow it or some shit or she doesn’t wanna downplay an actors role using a real script. Not making excuses for it but just sayin we don’t know the reason why she used made up scripts but either way she’s trying to bring awareness to a problem. How she’s doing it is irrelevant

Jimmy has clearly rehearsed this ahead of time despite acting as if he hadn't. This wasn't a last minute idea.

Rips so like everything else on the Tonight Show? Jimmy's laughs are even rehearsed at this point.

why is everyone acting like she's talking about her own roles

Dan man yeah god forbids she wants other actresses to have the same opportunities she had. its using your voice to help others to have the same chances you had. something men never did :)

May Majed why god forbid? I’m sure she does want other females in lead roles

zoe why u assume I assume

yeah man i was being sarcastic because you said she has a lot of lead, implying she shouldn't be complaining, while she is here using her voice to help actresses to get the same chances she had.

liv5776 copyright?

Get in trouble

it would make the movies and the producers look bad

liv5776 because they could face legal troubles due to copyright or just bad blood. They work in the industry you know. It’s like if you wanted to make fun of your boss with him around you wouldn’t actually say your boss’ name, just hint at him.

Wtf never thought of that And this comment needs more appreciation

but you are so naive and stupid you actually think there are no roles for women or interesting roles and that premise literally makes no sense...a cause based on a premise that LITERALLY makes no sense

What is the point, exactly?

As a woman this just stupid

We get the point. But its a false premise.

Women in the comment section be like: "Haha." "I'm a victim of everything." "This is so great." You really don't get the point, do you? LMAOLOLOLOL

Elena Saccon There is no point, fake scripts to support a fake problem.

They've have amazing parts that are not sexist.

you did, and you are not welcome

It is but ok

dont forget Ghosbusters

but have you tried considering the ratio of male leads to female from movies produced last year IN TOTALITY? if anything ur statement just implies that women lead movies are more award worthy

justine She makes it seem like women only get shitty roles, that is not true!

Troy Goldberg that is the cringiest thing i've ever read lmao

Hellooo... ur examples are a result of a progress that has just happened recently... she's pointing out what has happened since a long time ago