Elizabeth Banks: Breaking Barriers in Hollywood

0:00On April 27, Elizabeth Banks hit the Kelly Clarkson show this week to plug her new series, The Mini-Trowife, where she stars as a woman shrunk down. To six inches tall by her scientist husband, played by Matthew McFaddean. She opened up about early career shade. Straight up getting told she couldn't direct men because they wouldn't follow her lead. But Banks flipped the script hard, directing Ray Leota in her 2023 flick cocaine bear, and she says she crushed it. She's also helmed a big studio joints like Pitch Perfect, two from 2015, and the Charlie's Angels reboot in 2019. That doubt hits deep in Hollywood, where women directors still fight for spots. Banks shouted out the trailblazers carrying her, stressing how crucial it is to lift up more female storytellers in this tiny club. She named check legends like Barbara Streisand for dropping hits back in the day, proving the talent's always been there, just needs more room to shine. Touch the Mini-Trowife, streaming now on Peacock, and keep watching these power moves reshape

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