So often, women are there just to be looked at and be objectified for the titillation of the male audience.
The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
With a male-centric show, the women are usually very two-dimensional.
There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.
How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
Every so often, we - women in film and TV - get annoyed and frustrated. We kick up a fuss and make some gains. But then we become complacent, and things slide backwards again until the next generation comes up and gets frustrated again.
The people who used to hold the purse strings were a select group of white, middle-aged men, but that's changing, and the more it continues to change, the more we'll see inclusive stories get told.
