Susan Sarandon has reflected on the backlash to one of her most famous films, Thelma & Louise.
The 1991 road movie starred Sarandon and Geena Davis as two women who run away to Mexico after one of them kills their attempted rapist.
“I completely underestimated that we were backing into territory held by white heterosexual males,” said Sarandon at a 30th anniversary reunion event.
It made me realise how few opportunities we have for women to come out [of] a movie feeling empowered by the female character.”
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