Geena Davis predicts ‘historic’ rise in number of female film characters

Hollywood is poised to make “historic” improvements in the number of female characters in films within 10 years, the actor Geena Davis has predicted, after decades in which the comparatively low numbers of women and girls onscreen have not risen. The Oscar-winning actor told the Guardian she was very confident that filmgoers would notice differences in mainstream Hollywood movies within the next few years, in part thanks to work she has done lobbying producers and directors to include increased numbers of less cliched female characters in their films. Read More…