Carey Mulligan calls out sexist Promising Young Woman review
27 Jan, 2021 01:20 AM
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Carey Mulligan stars in Promising Young Woman. Photo / Supplied
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By: Nick Bond
Respected entertainment industry publication Variety has publicly apologised after actress Carey Mulligan called out a review of her new film Promising Young Woman which suggested she wasn't the right fit to play the movie's femme fatale lead.
Freelance critic Dennis Harvey claimed in the otherwise positive review that the film's producer, Australian actress Margot Robbie, would have been a better fit for the role, and said Mulligan looked like she was in "bad drag" playing Cassie, who seduces various men to seek vengeance for the sexual assault of her best friend in the acclaimed new black comedy.