Academy-Award winning actress Anne Hathaway, who has starred in terrific films like Interstellar and Rachel Getting Married, and will be seen in Ocean’s Eight, the female-led spinoff of the casino heist caper Ocean’s Eleven, thinks Hollywood has no place for equality.
The actress, who is starring alongside Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Sarah Paulson, Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, and Helena Bonham Carter in the film, recently spoke to Elle magazine about her filming experience and inequality being a statistical fact. “Hollywood is not a place of equality. I don’t say that with anger or judgment; it’s a statistical fact,” she said when probed about the matter.
Scheduled to release next year, the film will feature Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean, sister to George Clooney’s Danny Ocean who is looking to pull off a heist during New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala. Hathaway, who stars in the film alongside several A-list stars also revealed that the process made her realize about their shared struggle.
“Even though I’ve been in some female-centric films, I’ve never been in a film like this. It just kind of makes you aware of the ways you sort of unconsciously change yourself to fit certain scenarios. It’s not better or worse or right or wrong, but there are certain things you understand about one another because of experiences you have in common…it’s probably easy for men to take that for granted.”
Hathaway is not alone in pointing out Hollywood’s treatment of such issues. In recent months, we’ve seen other actresses like Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart, Melissa McCarthy, Helen Mirren and Sienna Miller address the matter.
Hathaway, like many of her contemporaries, also has an altruistic side. As U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for Women, she advocates for paid parental leave in the United States and spoke before the United Nations just recently.