When the Farrelly brothers called Elizabeth Banks to ask if she'd star in Movie 43, a 2013 comedy anthology of shorts from various filmmakers, she was startled to find that men made up the entire list of proposed directors. "I said, 'I want to participate in this, but I think you should have a woman. I will be that woman,' " Banks recalls. It's a story she often cites when encouraging females to pursue their ambitions. Banks, 45, solidified her leap from actress to director two years later when Pitch Perfect 2 debuted to $69.2 ...
- 9/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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