It's hardly a secret that women are underrepresented in many parts of the entertainment industry. Just ask Olivia Wilde:



This clip was from a panel called The State of Female Justice: Los Angeles, in which the actress revealed that she too had to struggle to get to where she is today. Despite her 40-plus movies as a supporting character, she was still only best known as Dr. Thirteen from House.

Here's a bit of her talk below:
I don't know if some of you have been to these live reads at LACMA, where a classic film is read live on stage by actors who just sit and read the script. We did one recently of American Pie, but we reversed the gender roles. All the women played men; all the men played women. And it was so fascinating to be a part of this because, as the women took on these central roles — they had all the good lines, they had all the good laughs, all the great moments — the men who joined us to sit on stage started squirming rather uncomfortably and got really bored because they weren't used to being the supporting cast.

It was fascinating to feel their discomfort [and] to discuss it with them afterward, when they said, "It's boring to play the girl role!" And I said, "Yeah. Yeah. You think? Welcome to our world!"
Nicely said Ms Wilde! You don't have to be a die-hard cinephile to realize that the number one role for women in Hollywood blockbusters still falls under either the "Fretting Wife" or "Girlfriend" category. Here's hoping that women like Wilde will manage to convince these producers and screenwriters that ladies deserve a chance in the spotlight too.