The 'Pitch Perfect 2' actress says she has to 'wait for all the male roles to be cast before [she] can even become a part of the conversation' of a movie casting.
- May 6, 2015
AceShowbiz - Anna Kendrick speaks out against gender inequality in Hollywood in an interview with Glamour for its June issue. Anna shares, "All the films nominated [for a Best Picture Oscar] this year had male leads. Like, every single one. So I'm glad that [equality's] feeling like a bigger issue now."
"There's [a film I'm considering] now where I have to wait for all the male roles to be cast before I can even become a part of the conversation," the "Pitch Perfect 2" actress explains, "Part of me gets that. [But] part of me is like, 'What the f**k? You have to cast for females based on who's cast as males?' "
She goes on, "To me, the only explanation is that there are so many f***ing talented girls, and from a business standpoint it's easier to find women to match the men. I totally stand by the belief that there are 10 unbelievably talented women for every role."
Talking about her "Pitch Perfect" character Beca, Anna says, "I feel like you can't get an audience to like your character if she's actually cool, but you can if she's trying to be cool and sometimes fails. My favorite Beca is Struggling, Awkward Beca because I think that's who we all are. We want to be like Cool Beca, and we're not."
Anna is afraid to take a break from work. "As an actress you're perpetually about to be unemployed," she explains, "That fear-when you have two parents who worked 9-to-5 jobs and went through periods of being unemployed-is real. Those were not welcome times in my childhood. Working 14 hours a day isn't sustainable, but I prefer it [to doing fewer films]. I might as well be doing the thing that I wanted to do my whole life."
On turning 30 this year, the "Twilight" actress shares, "I felt different at 29 because 29, to me, is 30. There are times when I still feel like an actual toddler in a grown-up-well, semi grown-up-body. But other times I can't wait to actually be 30, just so I can say things like, 'I'm 30. I don't have time for that. F**k off!' "
