Asked about the directors she would like to work for, actress Nicole Kidman cited multi-award winning Martin Scorsese. But on one condition: that he cast women. A criticism subtly slipped to the filmmaker, accustomed to offering actresses secondary roles.
Where are the women? In full promotion of the erotic thriller “Babygirl”, actress Nicole Kidman launched an attack on director Martin Scorsese. When thinking about the directors with whom she would like to work, the 57-year-old actress clarified that she would like to collaborate with the filmmaker… only if he offers female lead roles.
Martin Scorsese, a director not feminist enough?
During her decades in the film industry, actress Nicole Kidman has worked with many internationally renowned directors. In an interview with the American magazine Vanity Fair, the Oscar-winning actress revealed that she had always wanted to work with Martin Scorsese. But the “Eyes Wide Shut” star also attacked the 82-year-old filmmaker, highlighting his preference for male lead roles.
“I always said I wanted to work with Scorsese, well… if he made a film with women,” she said. A tackle full of finesse, quickly drowned out among other big names in cinema. “I would also like to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, and with Michael Haneke. And there's a whole host of new directors coming up – there are so many, and I'm always open to discovering new people,” added Nicole Kidman.
Other actresses had also criticized the director
Nicole Kidman is not the only actress to have attacked the director of “Goodfellas”. When film icon Meryl Streep was asked by media outlet 'The Talks' if there was anyone she desperately wanted to work with but hadn't yet, only one name came to mind. . “Yes, I would like Martin Scorsese to be interested in a female character from time to time,” she replied, before adding: “But I don’t know if I will live that long.”
Often questioned about the presence of women in his feature films, the filmmaker played the honesty card. “It’s a question I’ve been asking myself for many years,” he once admitted. “Am I supposed to? If the story doesn't demand it, it's a waste of everyone's time. If the story calls for a female character, then why not,” replied Martin Scorsese.
And even if the female characters in Martin Scorsese's repertoire are often much more intelligent than the men, like Sharon Stone in “Casino” or Lily Gladstone in “Killer of the Flower Moon”, the last woman to appear first in the credits of one Scorsese film was Liza Minnelli in “New York, New York,” released in 1977.
