--- title: Ghostbusters: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig Pose With the Female Crew description: The actress fights for gender equality in Hollywood canonical: https://time.com/4010157/melissa-mccarthy-ghostbusters-women-cast-crew/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-25T17:59:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:18.367Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Melissa McCarthy Poses With the Women of the New 'Ghostbusters' Movie og:description: The actress fights for gender equality in Hollywood og:url: https://time.com/4010157/melissa-mccarthy-ghostbusters-women-cast-crew/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Melissa McCarthy Poses With the Women of the New 'Ghostbusters' Movie twitter:description: The actress fights for gender equality in Hollywood twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Melissa McCarthy Poses With the Many Women of the New _Ghostbusters_ Movie  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 25, 2015 5:59 PM UTC  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 25, 2015 5:59 PM UTC At a time when too-few women are afforded opportunities both in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood, the _Ghostbusters_ reboot has made a conscious effort to promote girl power. Star Melissa McCarthy posted a photo to Twitter on Tuesday in which she posed with all the women of the _Ghostbusters_ film—and there are a lot of them. Besides actresses Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, rows of stunt doubles, producers, writers and other crew members also filled the shot. Each woman held up a sign indicating her role in the film. > [](https://twitter.com/melissamccarthy/status/636159256413212672) McCarthy thanked _Ellen_ host Ellen DeGeneres in the picture for her initiative to [promote girl power](http://on.aol.com/video/ellen-degeneres-launches-childrenswear-line-to-promote-girl-power-518960665) through her Gap line of children’s clothing. Even though the highly anticipated all-female _Ghostbusters_ movie will hit theaters in 2016, Hollywood is far from reaching gender parity. Women made up just 14% of protagonists and 30% of all speaking characters featured in the top 100 grossing films last year, according to the yearly [“Celluloid Ceiling” report](http://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/files/2014%5FIts%5Fa%5FMans%5FWorld%5FReport.pdf) released by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University. Things were even worse for women [behind the camera](http://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/files/2014%5FCelluloid%5FCeiling%5FReport.pdf). That same year, women comprised 17% of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors and cinematographers working on the top 250 movies. If there’s anyone who can change that trend it’s Melissa McCarthy, who [recently ranked](http://time.com/4004647/highest-paid-actress-2015-jennifer-lawrence/) number three on Forbes’ list of top earning actress last year and starred in several successful summer blockbusters including _Bridesmaids_, _The Heat,_ and _Spy_. Director Paul Feig (who helmed all three of those films) is also responsible for the new _Ghostbusters_ film. **Read Next:** [Dear Aaron Sorkin, If You Don’t Think There Are Enough Good Roles for Actresses, Write One Yourself](http://time.com/3636226/aaron-sorkin-women-roles-hollywood/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4010157/melissa-mccarthy-ghostbusters-women-cast-crew/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4010157/melissa-mccarthy-ghostbusters-women-cast-crew/"},"headline":"Melissa McCarthy Poses With the Many Women of the New Ghostbusters Movie","datePublished":"2015-08-25T17:59:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:18.367Z","description":"The actress fights for gender equality in Hollywood","url":"https://time.com/4010157/melissa-mccarthy-ghostbusters-women-cast-crew/","keywords":["celebrities","Living","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/4010157/melissa-mccarthy-ghostbusters-women-cast-crew/","name":"Melissa McCarthy Poses With the Many Women of the New Ghostbusters Movie"}}]}] ```