Ghostbusters.Ocean’s 8.And nowWhat Men Want.
We probably don’t need to add that this version was written by a woman.
“I auditioned forNorbityears ago and he really liked me,” explains Henson.
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“I also didn’t want her to find her success through a man,” she says.
“I’m always fighting that in scripts, even onEmpire.
Gordon, who directs Issa Rae and Regina Hall in this spring’sLittle, heard the refrain loud and clear.
She was more interested in exploring gender roles, anyway.
“And thank God, everyone was very funny.
You gotta be ready for him.
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He’s always gonna throw you something.”
And yes, she quite well enjoyed it.
“I’m squeezing the balls and you see the little sperm floating around.
That wasn’t scripted, I just sat down and started using it in the scene.
As a self-professed non-expert in the world of romance [Ed note: whoisan expert, really?
“I’ve been the only woman in a cast before,” says the actress.
But they picked the right one because I’m a fighter.”
So what’s next for rom-coms?
Gordon has a few ideas up her sleeve, waiting for the moment the industry makes the change complete.
“Would I love to write a movie where they don’t get together at the end?
Yes, I would,” says the screenwriter.
“It doesn’t seem like that’s going to happen anytime soon.
Why I can’t mirror my own romantic life, I don’t know.
While the industry watches and waits, Henson has the most Taraji of inspirational calls-to-action for rom-com watchers.
“We can’t put our happiness on other people,” she says.
“That’s ours, that’s on us, that’s for me, that’s self-work.
It doesn’t happen through someone else.”
