“Do you think there should be better parts for women than just girlfriend and wife or lover? Because I’m bored with that.”Īfter his Cannes shutdown, the rest of the world began hailing Hardy as someone who’d become a feminist hero overnight. Above all, he has consistently supported women in all walks of his life. Whenever he is confronted with sexism, or questions of gender, Hardy is typically blunt, honest, and eternally baffled, both by the sexist assumptions he runs into and by Hollywood’s rigid gender roles. Although Hardy barely responded to the condescending question, his attitude here characterizes his attitude toward Hollywood’s sexist gender divide.
