Charlie's Angels' Director Elizabeth Banks Speaks Out on Male-Dominated Industry
Director Elizabeth Banks expressed her frustration with criticism surrounding her misinterpreted 2019 adaptation of "Charlie's Angels".
Elizabeth Banks' 2019 film is the third installment of the action comedy film distributed by Sony pictures, the original "Charlie's Angels" in 2000 and the sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" in 2003. The third installment starred Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska as the new generation of Charlie Townsend's angels. Stars like Djimon Hounsou, and Patrick Stewart also played supporting roles in the film.
Veteran actress Banks is prominently known for starring as Effie Trinket in "The Hunger Games" film series and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in "Pitch Perfect". She went on to make her directorial debut in "Pitch Perfect 2".
Banks' Thoughts on Directing
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Elizabeth Banks talked about her latest projects as a rising director.
"It was very stressful, partly because when women do things in Hollywood it becomes this story. There was a story around Charlie's Angels that I was creating some feminist manifesto. I was just making an action movie. I would've liked to have made Mission: Impossible, but women aren't directing Mission: Impossible,"
Additionally, Banks expressed that her real thoughts on the matter were too "dangerous" to spill, as she did not want the added pressure from studio heads at the moment.
Opens up on 'Male-Dominated Industry'
Banks went on to acknowledge the presence of misogynistic power structures in the industry. As of now, however, proving herself alongside other female directors to the rest of the industry bosses was an ongoing process.
"I'm putting my head down and showing these big corporations that if they give women the opportunity to do this job, they can make a good product that can make them a profit. It's a male-dominated industry. It's a male-dominated world," she said. "That's what I'm up against, but I can't solve it, and I don't really want to analyze it."
Despite the criticism surrounding the film, "Charlie's Angels" garnered around $17.8 million at the domestic box office and $73.2 million for its worldwide premiere.
