Riley Keough has recently opened up about prejudice against female movie-makers in Hollywood.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Logan Lucky actress shared that female movie-makers got less opportunity to produce, star and direct than their male counterparts.
“As a woman, there is this pressure feeling of, ‘I can’t mess up,’” said the 36-year-old.
“‘I can’t make a shit movie.’ But I think that, for me, I can’t live like that,” remarked the Daisy Jones & The Six actress.
Riley mentioned, “I think that’s a great talent actually, to be able to be okay with failing, messing up, and not being perfect.”
The Lodge actress pointed out that it’s “such a weird time” in Hollywood right now and that she is “incredibly grateful to be working” at all.
“Every single day that I’m on set I feel really lucky,” stated Riley.
Riley is not the only actress who talked about women being treated differently by production houses.
Charlize also shared her thoughts on fewer women-driven action movies.
“Action movies with female leads don’t get greenlit as much as the ones with male leads,” declared The Old Guard 2 actress in another interview with The New York Times.
“I think the thing that always frustrates me is the fact that guys will get a free ride,” continued Charlize.
The Atomic Blonde actress explained, “When women do this and the movie maybe doesn’t hit fully, they don’t necessarily get a chance again.”
“With this [‘The Old Guard 2’], we were very aware that eyes were on us. It’s not a risk that studios want to take, but they’ll take it many times on the same guy who might have a string of action movies that did not do so well,” added Charlize.
