Study finds UK top films more likely to feature “Chris” or talking animals than women over 60

Actress EMMA THOMPSON on Hollywood not casting older women in leading roles: "Women are half the population and we get older. So where are the stories about us? The older we get, the more interesting we are." A new analysis by a British anti-ageism campaign finds that the film industry's top-grossing movies are more likely to feature a male lead named Chris, or even a talking animal, than a woman over the age of 60, drawing renewed calls for Hollywood to address what advocates describe as a pervasive culture of age-based discrimination.

A study laments that Hollywood films are more likely to star a man named Chris or a talking animal than a woman over the age of 60. The post Org Demands ‘Better Representation of Older Women in Film’: Movies More Likely to Star a Man Named Chris or Talking Animal than a Woman over 60 appeared first on Breitbart.

Films are four times more likely to feature a talking animal lead than a woman over 60. These charts explain the state of film for older women. 

Emma Thompson has called for cinema to "catch up" The post You’re more likely to see talking animal or actor called Chris in a film than a woman over 60, study finds appeared first on NME.

A new analysis of the top-grossing U.K. films of the past three years has unveiled that they are more likely to star actors named Chris or feature a talking animal in the lead role than a woman over the age of 60. The study, conducted by the Centre for Aging Better as part of the […]

A new study out of the United Kingdom found that out of the top films from the past three years at the U.K. box office, movies are more likely to feature a lead actor named Chris than a female lead actor over the age of 60. The Age Without Limits survey found that films are […]