Jessica Chastain has had it with Hollywood sexism.
The Oscar nominee recently spoke out against studios that over-sexualize "kickass" female characters.
"If you look at films like Elektra and Aeonflux, the problem that studios have is that they try to make kickass women very sexualized," she said in an interview with the Radio Times. "They have to be in some catsuit."
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Other action movies with female leads have been successful even though their protagonists weren't dressed in overtly sexy outfits.
"If you look at the most incredible female roles, like Ripley in Alien, she is a very sexy woman but she's not wearing a lot of make-up. She's in a T-shirt and jeans," Chastain says. "What's sexy about her is how capable she is. Same with Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger Games -- she's not wearing a catsuit, either."
The actress has also been tweeting about this issue, hashtagging different movies with powerful female leads.
#MadMax #edgeoftomorrow— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) September 29, 2015
FACT pic.twitter.com/Q0UMuU3Lcu— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) September 29, 2015
Chastain's latest role is in The Martian, which is currently out in theaters.