Yesterday, the news broke that Rose McGowan had been reportedly fired by her agent for making public the below casting call...
casting note that came w/script I got today. For real. name of male star rhymes with Madam Panhandler hahahaha I die pic.twitter.com/lCWGTV537t
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) June 18, 2015
In case you're still trying to get your ahead around who the male actor may have been, she was insinuating that it was Adam Sandler.
As a result of the tweet, McGowan claimed her agent had let her go - a claim that her agency is now refuting. According to Uproxx, Innovative Artists are saying that Rose's agent left weeks ago: "Innovative said today that the agent in question, Sheila Wenzel - who also had worked with Amanda Seyfried and Britt Robertson - already had moved on from the agency before McGowan’s tweet. 'Sheila Wenzel, Rose McGowan’s primary agent, parted ways with Innovative before McGowan’s tweet yesterday,' it said in a statement. 'Wenzel was not the primary agent for Amanda Seyfried and Britt Robertson'.”
This is besides the point, really. The point is how these casting calls are the norm in Hollywood in 2015. And Rose's cohorts have started to speak out.
As do I. Her treatment confirms the misogyny underpinning the industry. She should be celebrated for speaking out.ðŸ'ÂÂÂÂ? https://t.co/yUyO0LXkFd
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) June 25, 2015
The Oscar nominee was responded to the below...
I stand with @rosemcgowan who is pulling back the screen on the sexism in Hollywood. It is so needed. Thank you.
— Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) June 25, 2015
Heather Matarazzo of The Princess Diaries added...
I wish more women would speak up and help in this industry. It can't just be a few of us. Put fear aside and take a stand.Stop being selfish
— Heather Matarazzo (@HeatherMatarazz) June 25, 2015
Tell your stories. Name names. Call out the mysoginists and the ones who are complicit. They only stay in power because we let them.
— Heather Matarazzo (@HeatherMatarazz) June 25, 2015
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