In Alex Garland’s upcoming sci-fi mind-bender Annihilation, Natalie Portman plays a biologist who ventures into a mysterious territory with four other women.
That last bit is true, and Garland’s film features two women of color in supporting roles, including Tessa Thompson and Gina Rodriguez.
And I hope that begins to change, because I think everyone is becoming more conscious of it, which hopefully will make change.
At Tuesday night’s premiere of the film, Leigh told Variety of Garland, “I think had he known about those things, it might be a different cast.