George Clooney Says Hollywood Should Rewrite 'a Lot More' Male Roles for Women
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George Clooney reveals how gender switch in 'Our Brand Is Crisis' helps bring the movie out of development hell.

AceShowbiz - George Clooney offers a solution for sexism in Hollywood. When speaking to reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival to promote "Our Brand Is Crisis", he noted Hollywood could rewrite male roles for women. "There's a lot more [roles] out there if people just started thinking," he said.

"Our Brand Is Crisis" produced by Clooney and led by Sandra Bullock centers on a character which was originally written for a man and loosely based on real-life political consultant James Carville. The role was rewritten after Bullock reached out to her "Gravity" co-star and expressed her interest in playing the part.

The project had been in development hell for a long time but it quickly moved forward "the minute she called and said she wanted to play the role that had been written as a man," Clooney said. He told Entertainment Tonight, "Sandy finally came on board and we sort of switched things around. She was exactly the right guy to make the film."

"You'll see this happening a lot, where they talk about there aren't a lot of great roles for women," the actor added. "The truth of the matter is there are plenty of these films where you can stop and look and just change the gender and make a really interesting film. So we need to start thinking that way."

Bullock herself told PEOPLE that switching the genders for the movie wasn't difficult. "We changed the hims to hers, wardrobe and the anatomy was changed. Not a lot was done, just the obvious things," she explained. "It was pretty nice and seamless."

Another movie that has similar pattern is Paul Feig's "Ghostbusters" reboot which revolves around an all-female team played by Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. Most recently, UFC champion Ronda Rousey was cast in the "Road House" remake to play the role made famous by Patrick Swayze.

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