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Gregg DeGuire—WireImage by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Sep 28, 2015 7:32 PM UTC Nearly 25 years after Geena Davis went over a cliff with Susan Sarandon in _Thelma & Louise_, the actress says little has changed when it comes to gender equality in the film industry. “Having been in some roles that really resonated with women, I became hyper-aware of how women are represented in Hollywood,” Davis said in an interview with Britain’s [_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/27/geena-davis-institute-sexism-in-film-industry). Davis founded the Geena Davis Institute in 2006, which works to promote gender balance in the media and entertainment industries. The research-based organization is launching its first [Global Symposium on Gender in Media](http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/geena-davis-launch-global-symposium-gender-media-bfi-london-film) next month at the London Film Festival, and comes as women in Hollywood are sounding off about gender equality — from [Patricia Arquette](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/22/oscars-2015-winner-patricia-arquettes-rally-cry-for-wage-equality-rights) to [Anne Hathaway](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/03/anne-hathaway-talks-losing-roles-younger-actresses), [Emma Thompson](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/21/emma-thompson-hollywood-sexism-is-worse), [Carey Mulligan](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/18/suffragette-carey-mulligan-womens-stories-hollywood) and [Meryl Streep](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/23/meryl-streep-congress-equal-rights-amendment). But even with the recent slate of films with strong female leads, like _Trainwreck, Bridesmaids_ and _The Hunger Games_ franchise, Davis says the ratio of male to female characters “has been exactly the same” since 1946, and that times haven’t really changed at all. “After _Thelma & Louise_, which was pretty noticed and potent and significant, \[people were saying\] ‘This changes everything! There’s going to be so many female buddy movies!’ and nothing changed,” Davis said in the interview. “And then the next movie I did was _A League of Their Own_, which was a huge hit and all the talk was, ‘Well now, beyond a doubt, women’s sports movies, we’re going to see a wave of them because this was so successful.’ That’s balls. It took 10 years until _Bend It Like Beckham_ came out. So, there was no trend whatsoever.” Davis has been an outspoken proponent of gender equality in Hollywood for some time. “When I go into these meetings, I say, ‘If you are going to make a movie starring a woman, that is great, and please cast me,’” [she told Vanity Fair earlier this year](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/02/geena-davis-interview). “ ‘But what I would love for you to do is to look at the movies you are already going to make, that you have planned out and slated, and just go through \[their scripts\] and change some first names to female names. Just with the stroke of a pen, you’ve now created probably very unique un-stereotyped female characters.’” You can read her full interview at the [_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/27/geena-davis-institute-sexism-in-film-industry)_._ _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/28/geena-davis-gender-equality-hollywood?hootPostID=49e0c61ea9ac99ffb29feecd2734fb6e) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4052759/geena-davis-gender-equality-film-industry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4052759/geena-davis-gender-equality-film-industry/"},"headline":"Geena Davis Sees Little Change in Gender Equality in the Film Industry","datePublished":"2015-09-28T19:32:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:19:52.724Z","description":"Davis says the ratio of male to female characters “has been exactly the same” since 1946","url":"https://time.com/4052759/geena-davis-gender-equality-film-industry/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8070dcf96b0bacbb/6987787e0b72e363a16dcfb9/454029730.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8070dcf96b0bacbb/6987787e0b72e363a16dcfb9/454029730.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"National Women's History Museum's 3rd Annual Women Making History Event","caption":"National Women's History Museum's 3rd Annual Women Making History Event","creditText":"Gregg DeGuire—WireImage","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":"https://time.com/4052759/geena-davis-gender-equality-film-industry/","name":"Geena Davis Sees Little Change in Gender Equality in the Film Industry"}}]}] ```