The Women’s March sparked an interest in figuring out how many of my favourite films had a female leads, and if they didn’t which actresses could have played the parts instead if it had been a female character.
Being a director, I don’t have one single favourite film, I have hundreds, in every genre that exists. From this massive list, there are a few that I would have loved to have directed, of course, they were directed by male legends and are legendary films, so there’s no need for a remake, however, I started thinking about these films and wondering which actress I would have cast as the lead if I were directing it and the lead character had been changed to a female.
Here are 50 of my favourite films, which I wish I’d directed and the actresses that I would have cast as the lead .
Let me know if you agree or disagree. If you disagree let me know the actress you wish could have played the part.
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These are just a few films that I love and actresses that I think could have played the male lead. Of course, the actors did a brilliant job, however, I do feel that an actress could have done the same or an even better job if given the opportunity. It’s about giving them the opportunity which we are still not giving them because we are afraid that the rest of the world won’t believe if the character were female.
I have met some amazing women in high-powered positions as well as dangerous one, the type you position some still think that only men can have, but it isn’t true anymore and hasn’t been for a long time. Women do everything men do, and so it is high time that writers, directors, producers, Hollywood executives thoroughly looked at all the characters in a screenplay before it goes into production so see if the sex of some of the characters could be changed. Because if they can be changed they should be. If we are to see equality in the real world it must be seen on the big screen.
What I am basically trying to say, is that women don’t always have to be the love interests, the sexy seductresses, the best friends, the mothers and so no. They can be and are the gangsters, the CEOs, Lawyers, pilots, providers, murderers, scientist, the world leaders, the healers, the psycho’s, the war hero’s, the shakers and the movers and it’s high time Hollywood started to represent all these women.
When Hollywood starts giving the big characters, the important money making roles to women, the rest of the world will follow.