It's not just salaries and job opportunities that Hollywood's boy's club have been bogarting for themselves – they're also stealing credit for female stars' work.
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In an interview with Rolling Stone, actress Emma Stone – who's currently promoting the critically-adored musical La La Land – has opened up about the casual sexism she's faced in Hollywood, revealing that directors have even stolen her own improvised jokes and given them to her male co-stars.
"There are times in the past, making a movie, when I've been told that I'm hindering the process by bringing up an opinion or an idea," Stone told the magazine.
"I hesitate to make it about being a woman, but there have been times when I've improvised, they've laughed at my joke, and given it to my male co-star. Given my joke away.
"Or it's been me saying, 'I really don't think this line is gonna work,' and being told, 'Just say it, just say it, if it doesn't work we'll cut it out' – and they didn't cut it out, and it really didn't work!'," she added.
According to Rolling Stone, Stone elaborated on the point – perhaps even naming names – but only "off the record".
The 28-year-old, who broke through with a starring role in 2007's Judd Apatow-produced teen-comedy Superbad, is expected to pick up her second Oscar nod next year for La La Land (she was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in 2014's Birdman).
How Emma Stone went from an anxious child to Hollywood's hottest comic leading lady https://t.co/bFILiNIDvi pic.twitter.com/sCcpQ8y5Z1— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) December 21, 2016
In the article, Stone – who delightfully revealed her hermit-y hangs with friend Jennifer Lawrence ("I was over at Jen's place last month – we watched Hocus Pocus") – also touched on Donald Trump's upcoming presidency.
"It's terrifying, the not-knowing," she said about the US president-elect's already unpredictable reign.
"I can't stop thinking about vulnerable people being ignored and tossed aside – marginalised more than they've already been for hundreds of years – and how the planet will die without our help. It comes in waves."
Her next role – due out in late 2017, hopefully before the planet's doom – will see her playing tennis star Billie Jean King opposite Steve Carrell's Bobby Riggs, in a biopic about the infamous "Battle Of The Sexes" match between the two in 1973.
