Geena Davis on increasing opportunities for women on screen
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Has it really been thirty years? Almost from the day it opened in May 1991, Ridley Scott's feminist buddy movie "Thelma & Louise" was considered one of the most powerful films of a generation.
Geena Davis, who'd lobbied for the role for more than a year, was Thelma to Susan Sarandon's Louise – but Davis was actually signed to play either part. "I was gonna be in that movie," Davis said. "I didn't care, I was going to be in that movie." Correspondent Tracy Smith asked, "Did you know then that it would get the kind of reaction that it did?"More Related News
