Vanessa Kirby on the #MeToo movement: 'It changed the film industry for women overnight'

Vanessa Kirby has praised the #MeToo movement for changing the landscape of the movie industry for women worldwide.

Following the sexual harassment claims made against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein in 2017, countless more tales of harassment and discrimination in the industry were brought to light, sparking the global movement for gender equality in Hollywood.

In addition, #MeToo also served to alter the kinds of roles women were being offered, with The Crown star telling Esquire magazine the movement "changed things overnight".

"(Before,) I think people just accepted that men are the heroes, they get the journeys, they’re the protagonists, and women are the supporting roles: the wife, the girlfriend," she shared. "(But now there's) an active desire for people in power to create (fully realised, three-dimensional) parts for women. And a realisation that female-led movies can make money.

“I’m really excited by that. There are so many stories about women that haven’t been told. And it’s not about putting a woman in a male role and her playing the equivalent of the masculine alpha. Which I also can’t identify with. I don’t feel like I recognise that person, this invincible woman. I want to see women who are humans. I want to see those really raw, big journeys that (female characters) used to have. I really feel that’s my mission, to play a part in bringing that back.”

Vanessa, 32, can next be seen in drama Italian Studies, before she reprises her role as the White Widow in Mission: Impossible 7 and 8.