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Famke Janssen has played mutant Jean Grey in multiple X-Men movies, but this year the role will be played for the first time by a much younger actress: Sophie Turner, best known for playing Sansa Stark in "Game of Thrones." As it turns out, the outspoken Dutch actress has a lot to say about the recasting decision -- and she says it's a symptom of Hollywood's sexism and ageism. Read More »
Olivia Wilde, currently on HBO's Vinyl, actually met star producer Martin Scorsese a few years back, when she was trying to get a role in one of his films, the Leonardo DiCaprio-led The Wolf of Wall Street. In an interview with Howard Stern, Wilde revealed that Naomi Lapaglia, the role that turned Margot Robbie into a star, was taken from her for the strangest reason: she was deemed too old! Read More »
Film producer Ross Putman has taken it upon himself to blow the lid off of latent sexism in Hollywood. Via his new Twitter handle, @FemScriptIntros, he reveals the real descriptions used in scripts to describe various female characters. The descriptions overwhelmingly focus on the looks and sex appeal of the women, and critics are calling the descriptions "ageist, sexist and objectifying." Read More »
