‘Men in wigs and brown make-up taking stunt jobs from black women’ – study

A researcher found that women still struggle to get into core stunt teams (Alamy/PA) -

“Men wearing wigs and using brown make-up” are depriving black women and members of other ethnic groups of top stunt roles in movies, according to a new study.

Dr Laura Crossley, a researcher at Bournemouth University, has found that despite an increase in female action roles in the movies, women still struggle to get into core stunt teams