Scarlett Curtis confronted her father over the portrayal of women and lack of diversity in his movies, saying, "In the last few years, there has been a growing criticism around the ways your films treated women and people of color."
She provided specific examples, explaining that there are"multiple accounts of inappropriate boss behavior in, including the prime minister, how in general the women are visions of unattainable loveliness, and a noticeable lack of people of color in a film called— one of the birthplaces of the British black civil rights movement." She also noted the absurdity of
's character Bridget Jones being described as having"tree-trunk thighs" in spite of the actress' typical physique.The filmmaker didn't resist most of the criticism. "I remember how shocked I was five years ago when Scarlett said to me, 'You can never use the word "fat" again,'" he said. "Wow, you were right.
To this, the screenwriter replied, "I think because I came from a very undiverse school and bunch of university friends, I think that I hung on to the feeling that I wouldn't know how to write those parts. I think I was just stupid and wrong about that. I felt as though me, my casting director, my producers just didn't look outwards.", saying that it"makes me feel uncomfortable and a bit stupid" in an interview with Diane Sawyer.
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