Nick Hornby: Young women given 'so little to do' in films
Screenwriter Nick Hornby, who has worked with Carey Mulligan and Reese Witherspoon, said young women are given βso little to do in the cinemaβ apart from parts where they βsit around at home being girlfriendsβ.
βThey are given so little to do in the cinema, as a rule, that when you've written a part this size you know you're going to get access to the best talent in the world, and you can't do that with men, with an independent movie," Mr Hornby said.
Nick Hornby, best known for High Fidelity and About a Boy, has adapted Irish novelists Colm TΓ³ibΓn's award-winning book, Brooklyn.
Colm TΓ³ibΓn, praised lead actress Saoirse Ronan's skill for portraying the emotions from the book.
"There's something amazing that Saoirse Ronan can do with her face that any novelist could watch and think that would take me 30 pages," he said.
Brooklyn, about a young Irish woman who emigrates to the city in the 1950s to find work, is in cinemas now.
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