Films Are More Likely to Star a Man Named Chris or a Talking Animal Than an Older Woman, According to Study

What happened

According to Variety’s source item, Films Are More Likely to Star a Man Named Chris or a Talking Animal Than an Older Woman, According to Study, A new study out of the United Kingdom found that out of the top films from the past three years at the U.K. box office, movies are more likely to feature a lead actor named Chris than a female lead actor over the age of 60. The Age Without Limits survey found that films are […]

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