Kevin Costner Makes “Movies for Men” But Always Strives to Include “Strong Women Characters”

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Kevin Costner Says He Makes "Movies for Men" But Always Strives to Include "Strong Women Characters" https://t.co/Tu6wCYjwWu
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 29, 2024

Kevin Costner knows his audience.
Costner opened up about writing fully fleshed-out characters, particularly women, that aren’t typically seen in Westerns.

“When you start

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[ginainabottle]

I feel like I should think this discourse is on problematic territory but as of this Saturday morning, I don’t lol I never watched his films to know if those characters are really well thought out but he sounds genuine enough. And let’s face it, making movies for men is essentially what most male directors do, they just don’t admit it openly.

[iamkeroberos]

open range is one of my absolute favorite westerns and ive always appreciated that they cast annette benning (an age appropriate actress) as his love interest and it didnt feel like her character was JUST a love interest

[azewewish]

Same - I love Open Range so much, so I'm probably going to give this film a chance, but the trailers didn't really do much for me.

[iamkeroberos]

yeah, i am not excited about this film but i'll give it a chance because i like his other work

[bitchsdangerous]

Quigley Down Under is my fav

[chasethdevil]

I came in here hating but yeah, true