Twenty-seven films had a non-white lead or co-lead – up from 21 films the previous – of which 11 were women, up from four in 2018.
The study also identified 44 as a key cutoff age for female actors seeking leads, with 11 films featuring a woman of that age, compared with 24 featuring men.
Studios are recognising that all that mythologising about who can lead a film or carry a film was just that: mythologising.”
There were more leading roles for women and people of colour in blockbusters in 2018 than any previous year, according to a new survey.