The Star Wars franchise has switched things up by focusing on Daisy Ridley’s Rey and Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso, and the superhero genre will soon break new ground with Wonder Woman — the first major female drive superhero movie.
Female representation in major blockbuster franchises has become a fairly prominent topic in Hollywood in recent years.
There’s obviously still a long way to go before things are completely equal, but progress is progress.
Although the action genre has thrived lately, we’ve only just begun to truly see women take center stage in major blockbusters.