Julia Roberts has claimed ‘Hollywood is still super-male’ dominated and revealed how she has battled the industry during her 35-year career.
The award winning actress, 57, who found fame in the 90s starring in Pretty Women, admitted she ‘often find herself sitting at a table and there’s only one other woman there.’
Despite sometimes being the only woman in a room, Julia has become one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars and revealed she has combatted this by being ‘without fear’.
Her new role in After The Hunt, explores the fallout when promising PhD candidate Maggie (Ayo Edebiri) accuses Andrew Garfield‘s professor character Hank of sexual misconduct and how this affects Maggie’s mentor Alma (Julia Robertst), who’s also close friends and colleagues with Hank.
Speaking to The Sunday Times about her character Alma succeeding in a ‘deeply misogynist’ world, Julia revealed her own experiences in Hollywood.
‘Well, it’s still super-male!’ she snapped back.
Julia Roberts has claimed ‘Hollywood is still super-male’ dominated and revealed how she has battled the industry during her 35-year career
The award winning actress, 57, who found fame in the 90s starring in Pretty Women, admitted she ‘often find herself sitting at a table and there’s only one other woman there’; pictured in 1990 in Pretty Women
‘Make no mistake. But yes. Any woman in any job not populated in the majority by women can say Alma’s speech. We’ve all had that experience. Any woman has.
‘Because I often find myself sitting at a table and, maybe, there’s only one other woman there.’
Asked how the she has manage to seize the control in the industry, the Notting Hill star bluntly added: ‘In those sort of environments, I am without fear.’
It comes after Julia admitted that her Oscar-winning After The Hunt costar Chloe Sevigny intimidated her.
The Erin Brockovich actress described to Variety how she felt when first meeting the acclaimed New Yorker.
‘I was so excited and intimidated about meeting Chloe,’ shared Julia.
‘And when we were at my house, we’re all sitting around the kitchen table, and [Julia’s daughter] Hazel was making herself some lunch, and we’re talking about the material and rehearsing.
‘Allan [Mandelbaum], our producer, he came in, and he goes, “Chloe should just be here in a couple minutes.” And I look up, and Ayo [Edebiri] looks up, and we match eyes.
Despite sometimes being the only woman in a room, Julia has become one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars and revealed she has combat this by being ‘without fear’
Her new role in After The Hunt, follows PhD candidate Maggie (Ayo Edebiri) who accuses her professor character Hank (Andrew Garfield) of sexual misconduct and how this affects Maggie’s mentor Alma (Julia Roberts pictured left)
‘Luca [Guadagnino] goes, “What?” And I go, “I’m scared.” And Ayo goes, “Me too.” And Hazel goes, “I’m leaving.” And then, like a minute later, the doorbell rang, and Hazel goes, “I’m leaving through the garage.” And truly we were so excited and intimidated.’
Julia went on to note that it was not easy for her to get into character for her new film.
‘The hardest part for me was not being sympathetic and empathetic,’ said the movie icon.
‘For me as a person, it’s like, “Oh, how can I hold her?” And she was not to be held. This was not the time. I have a very hen-like personality; I want to gather, and I want to feed and care. And she’s just the opposite of every instinct I’ve ever had in my life.
In the end it was ‘really exhausting’ for the actress.
‘The mental gymnastics of the way she lives her life is very unfamiliar to me. So having Luca keep me on the right rails at all times. And then, it’s a playground.’
Then Julia complimented another costar: ‘I don’t mean to single you out, Michael, but I go into these scenes with Michael, and I just turn to Luca and I’m like, “Are you f***ing kidding me?” What he’s doing is so unexpected and original, and I’m just watching him.
‘I’m not even in the scene anymore, because it’s so f***ing unreal what you’re doing right now.’
