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Meryl Streep: it’s ‘hardest thing’ for men to see themselves in female characters
Speaking at Cannes, the actor said that before more women got greenlight jobs in Hollywood, executives had struggled to see themselves in female roles
The cruel and unwelcoming fashion magazine editor at the icy heart of 2006 comedy hit The Devil Wears Prada may not strike many viewers as Meryl Streep’s most relatable role. And nobody understands you,’” said Streep, who received an honorary Palme d’Or at the world’s largest film festival on Tuesday night. A long-time campaigner for equal pay in the film industry, Streep reflected that the persistent gender pay gap in Hollywood was “not always just about money”, but linked to male viewers’ and male film executives’ problems seeing themselves reflected in female roles.
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