I love it when guys stand up for their female colleagues. 4,000 people and Sir Ian McKellen have signed a petition urging British broadcasters to get a clue and stop discriminating against women over 45.
Here’s what he said:
People might have thought ‘Who wants to see plays about older women?’ Well, the general public do. An awful lot of older women and gentlemen go to the theatre, and the population is getting older.
Plays about getting older are perhaps going to be more popular than they used to be and that should help playwrights think, well, we can find some fabulous parts for the fabulous actresses that are around.
Everybody wants to see actresses like Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. It’s just up to people to provide them with the material to do so.
It’s kind of funny that Sir Ian is now appearing in Waiting for Godot a play with no female roles. We’ll give him a pass on that one.
Sir Ian McKellen: older women should have more stage and screen roles (The Telegraph)
Sir Ian call for more women roles (BBC)
