Whedon: Studios will tell you: A woman cannot headline an action movie. After The Hunger Games they might stop telling you that a little bit. Whatever you think of the movie, its done a great service. And after The Avengers, I think its changing.Johansson: A lot of the female superhero movies just suck really badly.Whedon: The suck factor is not small.Johansson: They are really not well made, and already youre fighting against the tide. There are a couple [female-driven action movies] that have worked-ish, dont you think?Hemsworth: Angelina Jolie tends to do it pretty well, as the dominant female.Jackson: They got to get The Pro to the screen!Whedon: [Groaning] See, that is the problem. Sam is the problem!Jackson: I love that book!Whedon: [Reluctantly] The Pro is hilarious.Jackson: The Pros hilarious. [To the group] You ever see or hear of it?Johansson: No, whats The Pro?Jackson: Its [a comic book] about a hooker who gets super powers!Johansson: [Pauses] That is exactly the problem right there.Whedon: Thats why I wasnt going to bring up The Pro!(From an Entertainment Weekly interview)
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Joss Whedon was a 20th-century American director, screenwriter, and producer. Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, and composer. He is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997â2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999â2004), the short-lived space Western Firefly (2002), the Internet musical miniseries Dr. Read more on Wikipedia →