“Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke said in an interview with The Guardian that the studio gifted her a “mini cupcake” as a congratulations when the vampire romance opened to an unexpectedly huge $69 million in November 2008. It was a blunt realization that no matter how successful her directing career could be, she would not be valued in the same way as a male director.
“No, people aren’t going to hire more women directors,” she told interviewer Hanna Flint. “They’re not going to give you the next job and let you do something great. It was an earth-shattering
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