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Carla Gugino Says She Has “PTSD” From Working With Sexist Directors

"It’s actual insanity," the actress said in a new interview. "We’re going to pretend this is not crazy behavior."

While opening up about her decades-long career, Carla Gugino shared that she still has “a little PTSD” from being ignored by male directors on sets because she’s a woman. “I had an instance recently where I needed to assert something important to me and I hesitated because I wondered if it would be perceived as demanding. Elsewhere in the interview, Headey expressed similar toxic experiences but said her perspective changed following a conversation she had with Monica Bellucci.

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