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Meryl Streep Calls Male Execs Scared of Women
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Columbia Pictures, Universal, Drama, Family, Musicals, Casting, Celebrity Gossip, Rumors
Oscar winner Meryl Streep says film studios are “shocked” when her films are popular.
The Julie and Julia star thinks that the industry is “scared” of making films that appeal to women because all the studio executives are men.
The 60-year-old actress said, “It’s always a shock to the studio when a film like Mamma Mia does well because men run the studios and live their own fantasies through them. It’s harder for a man to jump inside a woman character’s mind and imagine, ‘This could happen to me’. They see it and they understand that there is a market and it will make them an enormous amount of money. But we all respond to instinct, ands it’s their inner boy that jumps up and goes, ‘Yeah I wanna see another G.I. Joe!’”
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Jon Favreau Blogs, Rants About Iron Man 2
Posted by Kathleen Kane Categories: Paramount, Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Sequels, Thrillers, Filmmaking, Rumors, Scripts, Upcoming Releases
What’s an actor-turned-big-time-director to do once he’s catapulted into major success, forced to take on a sequel without having been consulted about anything concerning the project? Rant about your bosses and their absurdity in your MySpace blog! At least, that’s the route Iron Man director Jon Favreau took.
Actively participating in a MySpace forum to appease film geeks’ questions, Favreau complains, “Neither Robert [Downey Jr.] nor I were consulted about this and we are both concerned about how realistic the date is. We owe it to the fans to have a great version of IM2 and, at this point, we would have less time to make it than the first one.”
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