LOS ANGELES — Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman has called for more opportunities to be created for women in film, describing the industry as “not an even playing field” and joining a chorus of actresses who have condemned gender inequality in Hollywood. Stars such as Meryl Streep and Kristen Stewart have been vocal about sexism as well as age biases in the movie industry, with Stewart saying in one recent interview that women had “to work a little bit harder to be heard.” “Obviously we need to create more opportunities, it's not an even playing field,” Kidman said on the red carpet at the organization Women in Film's Crystal + Lucy Awards in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. “We're all working and banding together and trying to change that and that's what's needed. We also need to put cameras in little girls' hands and get them to tell stories and increase their confidence so that they can feel powerful.” — Reuters
