Susan Saradon has spoken about sexism in Hollywood and how her expectations after Thelma and Louise weren't realised.
The star spoke at a Kering Women in Motion event at Cannes, where she talked about the legacy of Thelma and Louise 25 years on.
On whether the film would be made today she answered: "Maybe as an animation? I mean everybody thought that there were going to be so many more buddy films [afterwards].
"Well I don't think the studios have fallen off their horse and had some kind of epiphany about women in film. After Thelma and Louise, they predicted there would be so many films starring women. But it didn't happen.
"And that's one of the really uncomfortable things, because when they said that I believed it. It didn't happen. The thing about film is it can change overnight. It isn't like real life, where it takes so long to get women to be half of congress or boards or CEOs.
"The next movie somebody makes can be gender balanced. We don't have to sneak up on it, just do it."
Sarandon spoke about what is preventing Hollywood from representing women equally, saying: "There are still many more male executives making these decisions.
"Hollywood has become more and more corporate and the kind of people making those decisions and the basis on which they're making those decisions.
"Whereas women can see a woman or a man in a leading role, I don't think it's as easy for a guy to see a woman in a leading role and say 'I'll get behind that'.
"I think it's a cultural thing, and that's part of what slows it down: a lack of imagination on the part of men. It's done in a very formulaic way."
