MINNIE DRIVER accused Hollywood of moving at a “glacial pace” over sexism at an event last night. “Even if you present your argument politely, you can be saddled with being called ‘difficult’,” she said, noticing “the same eye roll when young women ask for certain things”.
The actor, right, also defended women being given more opportunities, even if they are “shoehorned in”. At the How to Academy event at Conway Hall Driver said: “Someone said to me the other day, ‘Have you got any female directors?’ and I said, ‘Don’t you mean anyone good?’ They said, ‘No, they just need to be a woman’.” She added: “The more female film makers there are, the more female narratives [there are].” Small steps.
