Cara Delevingne makes some very strong statements regarding Comic Book Movies

Cara Delevingne makes some very strong statements regarding Comic Book Movies

Actress/ Model Cara Delevingne who will portray Enchantress in David Ayer’s 'Suicide Squad’ calls Comic Book Movies sexist.

By speedyg33 - Jun 27, 2015 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Suicide Squad



Cara Delevingne a rather outspoken voice for feminism made these comments in an interview with Empire Magazine issue 314.

“There are only three girls in ['Suicide Squad’] but in my opinion they have the best roles,” she said. “Generally though, superhero movies are totally sexist.

"Female superheroes are normally naked or in bikinis. No-one would be able to fight like that. Wonder Woman, how the hell does she fight? She would be dead in a minute.”

It’s interesting that she went after the Movies and not the comics themselves, and that she chose to focus on Wonder Women which is a important property for the movie universe she has become part of.

She also talked about her role as the Enchantress and the character’s ability to control minds.  When asked is this the type of superpowers she would like to have.  Delevingne answered:  “No, I think I’d rather be able to anybody or anything, I guess. "That’s kind of the ultimate acting superpower, and of course that’s like Mystique in 'X-Men’, but as well I’d like to be a tree if I wanted to, or a paper clip.”

Delevingne is currently in the middle of filming Suicide Squad to be released August 5, 2016.
 


Source Yahoo Movies

Suicide Squad: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. Starring: Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jai Courtney, Cara Delevingne, Viola Davis. Directed By: David Ayer. Release Date: August 5, 2016

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ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 6/27/2015, 9:06 AM
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 6/27/2015, 9:12 AM
Shes right though. We over sexual female comic book characters.

Scarlet Witch, Ms Marvel,Emma Frost,Wonder Woman(being forced to change from pants to underwear due to fans). Seriously theirs no practicality for a majority of the crap.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 6/27/2015, 9:15 AM
Fact: Comic artist main priory with female comic charters are curves, boobs, and ass.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 6/27/2015, 9:16 AM
Cara Delevingne is right.

Carol Danvers' "Ms Marvel" costume is hilarious
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/27/2015, 9:19 AM
Wonder Woman wouldn't be dead quick. She wears less so not to slow down her movement. If you look at ancient history the Spartans had pretty much nothing on at all. The reason why they wanted to run faster and it helped with fighting, be it a sword or spear. So I don't get why people would get real angry with that. Plus I never hear people get mad at woman who wear a bikini on the beach, so why is it a problem if someone wants to fight with more or less clothes on?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 6/27/2015, 9:21 AM
"Female superheroes are normally naked or in bikinis. No-one would be able to fight like that. Wonder Woman, how the hell does she fight? She would be dead in a minute.”

Yea she's totally wrong guys...











LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 6/27/2015, 9:22 AM
I mean as a straight man, I don't mind how they are drawn. I mean hell comic book artists draw as much fine looking women as they do muscular men but you don't see Batman or Spider-Man barely wearing any clothes.
Starfox
Starfox - 6/27/2015, 9:24 AM
Yeah she's right, actually. The same one's who disagree with her usually will be the one's to complain about Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman etc. (I won't go into why)
Desr0w
Desr0w - 6/27/2015, 9:25 AM
“There are only three girls in ['Suicide Squad’] but in my opinion they have the best roles,” she said. “Generally though, superhero movies are totally sexist.


Can't talk about the SS girls roles, cause we know nothing about the movie yet, She's 100% correct about the rest tho and you're a deluded fanboy if you think otherwise.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 6/27/2015, 9:26 AM
lol @ DC fanboys defending her. We have a term for that. It's called Sensitive Joss Whedon. Or SJW for short.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 6/27/2015, 9:26 AM
@0megaDaGr0dd

No she said "superhero movies are totally sexist."

and "Female superheroes are normally naked or in bikinis. No-one would be able to fight like that. Wonder Woman, how the hell does she fight?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 6/27/2015, 9:27 AM
I'd like to point out, Dan Slott created a female character recently who has nothing interesting about her and all she has done is [frick] Peter in Silk.









So yea Cara has a point.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 6/27/2015, 9:28 AM
She was speaking broader than movies.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 6/27/2015, 9:30 AM
Yea, comics are so sexist, yet women love to dress promiscuously everywhere you go.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 6/27/2015, 9:31 AM
Plain and simple, if you think the comic genre doesn't over sexualize women you're an idiot or you've never read a comic book from the 90s.
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 6/27/2015, 9:34 AM
Feminist, I think that world answers every bullshit she said.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 6/27/2015, 9:35 AM
@Ramiel

Right, but they aren't in danger of there life and constantly being in different climates which would require a long sleeve at the least.

Is you're point that since SOME women dress promiscuously so should CB characters?
JamesMann
JamesMann - 6/27/2015, 9:43 AM
Women in comics are indeed oversexualized but they still want to get the horny people reading too so I understand.

Speaking of horny, I'd smash Cara in an instant if given the chance.

SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 6/27/2015, 9:51 AM
0megaDaGr0dd

"Female superheroes are normally naked or in bikinis. No-one would be able to fight like that. Wonder Woman, how the hell does she fight? She would be dead in a minute.”

Read this again, inferring based on the contextual clues.

1) Wonder women hasn't had a movie and the bikini remark prior made me think she was referring to her comic costume in which she wears a bikini.

2) "Female Superheroes" being the main words here for me. There hasn't been many female Superheroes that dress promiscuously in movies

So I just concluded that she was talking about comics in general. I could be wrong
RextheKing
RextheKing - 6/27/2015, 10:01 AM
Uhhh, this shit again.
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 6/27/2015, 10:05 AM
No Jason Terry GIF yet?
TucksFrom2015
TucksFrom2015 - 6/27/2015, 10:08 AM
"How the hell does [Wonder Woman] fight? She would be dead in a minute.” JUSTICE LEAGUE v SUICIDE SQUAD CONFIRMED 2017
FanWriter97
FanWriter97 - 6/27/2015, 10:15 AM
Maybe she means in comics but as far as I'm aware in the films, the costumes are generally changed. I mean, Mockingird and Scarlet Witch's costumes were changed when they came into the MCU. Mockingbird has a tac suit resembling a mix of a normal SHIELD uniform and Black Widow's suit. Scarlet Witch wears a red dress, unlike the leotard she wears in the comics.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 6/27/2015, 10:20 AM
@BlackestKnight

DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 6/27/2015, 10:45 AM
And, the majority of men in the comics and movies wear trench coats?

I get it, I do, I get what she's saying, but it's the same for guys in a lot of ways

But, yeah, she has a point

But, not really

But, kind of
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