Aww! These two look adorable together!!!
George Clooney and Viola Davis are frontrunners for Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars this year…and they’re also BFFs!
In the new issue of Entertainment Weekly (above), George and Viola open up about a few different subjects, including the view that women can’t carry the box office…which is obviously bullshiz!
Here’s what George has to say about it:
“There├óΓé¼Γäós this strange thing that├óΓé¼Γäós happened over the last 25 or 30 years where there├óΓé¼Γäós this decision being made that women aren├óΓé¼Γäót able to carry the box office. Now, Bridesmaids has proved that to be bulls├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥, and The Help has proven it to be bulls├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥. But it├óΓé¼Γäós much harder to get a film with a woman lead made. When a man hits 40 is when roles just begin to happen. And for women it doesn├óΓé¼Γäót happen. I find that to be a very concerning issue.”
More from Viola on the lack of great roles for black actresses:
“Only one black actress in history has been back [at the Oscars] more than once, and that├óΓé¼Γäós Whoopi Goldberg. But that├óΓé¼Γäós only because there aren├óΓé¼Γäót a lot of roles out there that are going to bring you back. Say if you have two great roles for an African-American actress in a year ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ one actress can cover it. So if there├óΓé¼Γäós five really good black actresses out there, and that one actress gets it all, then the other four can sit for the next three years.”
Thanks for sharing, U two! We’ll hope to see lots of films with strong female leads in 2012!!!!!
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