Whedon: Studios will tell you: A woman cannot headline an action movie. After The Hunger Games they might stop telling you that a little bit. Whatever you think of the movie, it’s done a great service. And after The Avengers, I think it’s changing. Johansson: A lot of the female superhero movies just suck really badly. Whedon: The suck factor is not small. Johansson: They are really not well made, and already you’re fighting against the tide. There are a couple [female-driven action movies] that have worked-ish, don’t you think? Hemsworth: Angelina Jolie tends to do it pretty well, as the dominant female. Jackson: They got to get The Pro to the screen! Whedon: [Groaning] See, that is the problem. Sam is the problem! Jackson: I love that book! Whedon: [Reluctantly] The Pro is hilarious. Jackson: The Pro’s hilarious. [To the group] You ever see or hear of it? Johansson: No, what’s The Pro? Jackson: It’s [a comic book] about a hooker who gets super powers! Johansson: [Pauses] That is exactly the problem right there. Whedon: That’s why I wasn’t going to bring up The Pro!
![Whedon: Studios will tell you: A woman cannot headline an action movie. After The Hunger Games they might stop telling you that a little bit. Whatever you think of the movie, it’s done a great service. And after The Avengers, I think it’s changing.<br />Johansson: A lot of the female superhero movies just suck really badly.<br />Whedon: The suck factor is not small.<br />Johansson: They are really not well made, and already you’re fighting against the tide. There are a couple [female-driven action movies] that have worked-ish, don’t you think?<br />Hemsworth: Angelina Jolie tends to do it pretty well, as the dominant female.<br />Jackson: They got to get The Pro to the screen!<br />Whedon: [Groaning] See, that is the problem. Sam is the problem!<br />Jackson: I love that book!<br />Whedon: [Reluctantly] The Pro is hilarious.<br />Jackson: The Pro’s hilarious. [To the group] You ever see or hear of it?<br />Johansson: No, what’s The Pro?<br />Jackson: It’s [a comic book] about a hooker who gets super powers!<br />Johansson: [Pauses] That is exactly the problem right there.<br />Whedon: That’s why I wasn’t going to bring up The Pro!<br /><br />(From an Entertainment Weekly interview) - Joss Whedon](/static/img/quotes/615767.jpg)