Charlie's Angels Reboot Interviews 2019
11 Secrets We Learned While Going Behind the Scenes of the New Charlie's Angels Movie
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One thing Elizabeth Banks was firm about was the desire to present the Angels in all of their badassery without a need to explain themselves. "I feel like there's always been a sense that women have to apologise for being good in action movies or justify why they can run and carry a gun," the director revealed. "But in this movie, we don't apologise for anything and we don't explain why or how we're capable — we just are capable. We just get on with the job."
Max Handelman elaborated on the notion by explaining that there was no desire to feature the "obligatory training montage" in which the women would prove how badass they are to the audience.
"[The Angels] just are, in the same way you never see Ethan Hunt train to become Ethan Hunt. He just is," he said. "We meet him climbing a rock or skyscraper. So when you meet Kristen Stewart in this movie and when you meet Ella Balinska as Jane, they are just trained, badass women who don't have to prove to you why they are the way they are. They just are talented women."