Cannes (France), 23 May. (askanews) – The road for female directors in the world of cinema is still uphill: this is what the American actress said on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival, which is about to end. Gillian Andersonknown for being the face of Dana Scully in the television series The X-Filesby sexologist Jean Milburn in Sex Education and to play former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of the Netflix series The Crown.
«I believe that women seeking equal opportunities in the sector is still an uphill battle and I mean, I guess… I know some female directors that there was a period where, after Time’s Up And #MeToofound it easy to get hired, but are now really struggling,” Anderson said, “I would say, in short, don’t give up, because there are women like Greta (Gerwig), Chloe (Zhao), Kathryn (Bigelow) and Emerald (Fennell), and others, who are paving the way and proving that yes, it’s true, women can lead too and they deserve to be entrusted with directing potential box office hits and so on. Let’s hope this starts to make a real difference.”
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