Sentences with phrase «meaty roles for women»

McDonagh says he created Mildred in part as a corrective: He was «conscious» that his previous films, In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, were bereft of meaty roles for women.

For the first time in quite a while, though, the film world has offered up what borders on an embarrassment of riches both in terms of meaty roles for women and talented actresses who can play those roles for all they're worth.

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The conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that meaty roles for women quickly dry up when actresses reach a certain age.

Kang goes on to write, «[Director and writer Martin] McDonagh says he created Mildred in part as a corrective: He was «conscious» that his previous films, «In Bruges» and «Seven Psychopaths,» were bereft of meaty roles for women.»

Not exact matches

While Boseman and Jordan hold center stage, the women's roles are especially meaty and muscular, with Lupita Nyong» o as T'Challa's self - sufficient former flame, «The Walking Dead's» Danai Gurira — stealing every scene she's in — as the fierce leader of the king's guard, and Letitia Wright as T'Challa's brilliant sister, whose gift for gadgets essentially makes her the Q to her big brother's James Bond.

Fed up with being unemployed, Michael employs some desperate measures whereby he dons a wig, make - up and dress in order to try to land a meaty role on a popular soap opera meant for a woman.

The stellar supporting cast — which features a good share of meaty roles for more women warriors — gamely plays its parts, but Gadot provides enough wonder to lift the movie and haul it through when the third act threatens to bog down in gloomy DC movie mode.