In Over 40 Movies, Joel Edgerton Has Worked For Only 3 Female Directors

But he wishes that number were a lot higher.

Amid recent conversations about Hollywood's lack of diversity and the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, actor Joel Edgerton talked with HuffPost Live last week about how rarely he's had the chance to work with female directors. In the video above, watch the "Jane Got A Gun" actor discuss the complexities of diversifying Hollywood and why we need to expand the kinds of stories we're telling.

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