Michelle Rodriguez threatens to leave Fast & Furious if they don't 'show love to the women' in next film
http://ew.com/movies/2017/05/05/fast-furious-series-badass-women/
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Where would you like to see the Fast films go from here? How can they be more inclusive of women?
RODRIGUEZ: First and foremost, bringing some more women on the good team, not just bringing an amazing actress to play the bad guy, and having more female camaraderie, having women do things independently outside of what the boys are doing that is truly the voice of female independence. Now, having girls run around and do a bunch of really cool stuff, that's great, it's wonderful, but we never talk to each other. It's very rare that they even look at each other. I've been making movies with Jordana, who plays the sister of Dom Toretto, for 16 years and I can count on one hand how many lines I've had to her. I think that's pathetic and it's lack of creativity. Guys don't know what girls talk about. They think that girls just sit around talking about guys and it's a sad truth of men being the dominant writers in Hollywood. You're going to see a bunch of really bad movies written by men about women and it's because they realized, finally, that it makes money, so hopefully, it's a call to arms. It's a call to arms to the women to step up and step into fields that they never really considered before, like action.
What else would you like to see more of in terms of women in these movies?
BREWSTER: I think the franchise has continued evolving and growing so far, so good. Equal screen time is always good. That's something to aim for, but not as far as different storylines.
MIRREN: Just more [women], with bigger, longer scenes, with a more direct, intrinsic story. It's something that I've been battling with my whole life.
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