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Writer Sara Vilkomerson and actresses Gwendoline Christie, Hayley Atwell, Gal Gadot, Jenna Coleman and Kathy Bates attend the Entertainment Weekly: Women Who Kick Ass panel during Comic-Con International 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center on July 11, 2015 in San Diego, California.Kevin Winter—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 12, 2015 5:49 PM UTC Some of the toughest women in the film industry shared their best war stories and spoke about the discrimination they still experience as women in Hollywood, during _Entertainment Weekly’_s annual “Women Who Kick Ass” panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. The best anecdote was from Gwendoline Christie, who stars as Brienne of Tarth on _Game of Thrones_ and will star in both the _Star Wars_ and _Hunger Games_ films this winter. The actress said that for two months she and Rory McCann practiced the epic battle between Brienne and the Hound at the send of season four. In one part of the scene, she was supposed to mimic punching him in the groin area, and they had carefully choreographed how to make it look real on camera. But just before cameras rolled, McCann told her, “Do it for real.” “What you see in that fight is genuine connection of fist and undercarriage,” she said. When asked about her female role models growing up, Christie said Sigourney Weaver in the _Alien_ films has always been an inspiration. “She had that strength and power but no forsaking her femininity—and good old fashioned ass kicking,” Christie said. Gal Gadot said it’s that type of balance between femininity and power that she hopes to strike in her upcoming role as Wonder Woman in the _Batman v Superman_ film and her standalone movie. “I think the costume really represents the Wonder Woman of today,” she said. The women also spoke about overcoming discrimination in the industry. Christie said when she first graduated from drama school, she had a hard time booking roles that she felt good about. “Ten years ago, the world was a less embracing place. The Internet has made people’s frame of reference so much more diverse,” she said. “I think women want to see themselves represented in a more realistic way.” Gadot said she hadn’t really faced sexism despite spending so much time on male-dominated sets like that for the _Fast & Furious_ film. But she has had to speak up about choices for her character with which she did not agree, and said that’s something she does more now that she has a daughter. “For me, responsibility goes hand in hand with character development, and I was able to communicate the problems I had to the directors—all male directors,” she said. Hayley Atwell, who stars as Peggy Carter in the first _Captain America_ film and the show _Agent Carter,_ put it more bluntly: “I don’t think my character would be naked in this scene. There is no need for that. I’m not doing it to fulfill your weird little fantasy.” The women also spoke about the most challenging physical demands they have had on set. Jenna Coleman of _Doctor Who_ said she has spent a lot of time hanging upside down, “which sounds easy, but it isn’t.” Kathy Bates, who currently stars in _American Horror Story_, spoke about her infamous fight with James Caan in the horror film _Misery_. “The hardest part was getting my head slammed into the floor,” she said. “I didn’t think I would cry at the end but I did.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3954821/comic-con-2015-game-of-thrones-star-wars-hunger-games/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3954821/comic-con-2015-game-of-thrones-star-wars-hunger-games/"},"headline":"Actresses Share the Best Fights and the Worst Stories of Sexism at Comic-Con","datePublished":"2015-07-12T17:49:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:10:32.413Z","description":"American Horror Story's Kathy Bates, Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot and Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie speak at an Entertainment Weekly panel","url":"https://time.com/3954821/comic-con-2015-game-of-thrones-star-wars-hunger-games/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt699657e758e3a758/69885a860a4a2226259c51b8/gettyimages-480470560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt699657e758e3a758/69885a860a4a2226259c51b8/gettyimages-480470560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Comic-Con International 2015 - Entertainment Weekly: Women Who Kick Ass Panel","caption":"Comic-Con International 2015 - Entertainment Weekly: Women Who Kick Ass Panel","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3954821/comic-con-2015-game-of-thrones-star-wars-hunger-games/","name":"Actresses Share the Best Fights and the Worst Stories of Sexism at Comic-Con"}}]}] ```