It was during the promotion of her western The English, available since November 10 on Amazon Prime, that the Jungle Cruise star told the Telegraph that she was tired of reading about the scripts she received "Strong Female Lead".
Always the same roles
“This is the worst thing you can read in the preamble of a script you just received. Each time I roll my eyes. I am already bored before reading. It bores me. These roles are all written the same way and you spend your time in action scenes saying strong stuff. Before adding: That's why in The English (trailer below), the character is full of surprises and comes out of the archetypes”.
Other actresses have confided in this “Strong Female Lead” trend, like Tatiana Maslany (She Hulk), who also finds it simplistic.
Algorithms and lack of imagination
The problem is that producers, channels, platforms and consorts have all agreed to look for the winning formula rather than looking for THE good story. Today, for a screenwriter, it would be almost impossible to sell the screenplay of Raiders of the Lost Ark if the main role is not held by this kind of caricatural female character. While waiting for this to pass, it is reassuring to see that the women themselves are making a different voice heard, annoyed to be offered equations rather than roles full of nuances.
When will the system come out?
By the way, it would also save a scriptwriter who one day proposes a thriller to a leading actor from being told "I don't want to, I just did one and I don't want to do two thrillers of after ". And the latter to answer him: “So if you have just done French Connection and you are offered to do Heat in stride, you say “no”? ". Implacable. While waiting for the system to come out, so many good original stories are stagnating on the shelves… Notice to (true) fans.
