Cary had big discussions with Barbara and Daniel about how to give the female characters equity, how to keep them in charge of themselves, how to give them solo moments where the audience learns who they are.
And I think that he kept that in mind throughout the whole shoot.
It was really important to empower the female characters as stand-alones.
I didn’t feel like Nomi, as a young Black woman, was constantly standing behind the white guy, which, for me, is job done.