Cannes: Salma Hayek Talks Sexism in Hollywood at ‘Women in Motion’ Panel
Cannes: Salma Hayek Talks Sexism in Hollywood at ‘Women in Motion’ Panel – The “Women in Motion” talks, presented by The Hollywood Reporter and luxury group Kering, continued Saturday with a Salma Hayek and Matthias Schoenaerts conversation that tackled gender disparity in Hollywood.
Janice Min, president and chief creative officer of THR parent Guggenheim Media’s Entertainment Group, opened the candid discussion with some sobering statistics, including the fact that a mere 4.6 percent of studio films in 2014 were directed by women and that not one Oscar best picture nominee this year featured a female protagonist.
Hayek said,””The only thing we can do is show them we are an economic force,” said the actress-producer-director. “Nothing else will move them. … The minute they see money, things will be instantaneously different. … Show them the money.”
