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Jessica Chastain has credited Ridley Scott for creating multiple lead roles for women in Hollywood.
Updated : Mar 01, 2015, 08:39 PM IST
Jessica Chastain has credited Ridley Scott for creating multiple lead roles for women in Hollywood.
The Zero Dark Thirty actress told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper that the 77-year-old English film director has helped change the industry over the years by letting women front his films rather than putting them in supporting roles, Contactmusic reported.
The 37-year-old American actress added that she has always adored the Exodus director who has been like a God for aspirings actors and actresses, and has changed world's view on making a women as a lead of the film Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in Thelma And Louise, and Sigourney Weaver, as Ripley in Alien.
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