Some of the biggest cheers atSan Diego Comic-Con 2022weren’t for buzzy superhero projects or starry sci-fi shows.
“It was like starvation mode.”
(To which Sloan responded, “115 pounds?
Shantel VanSanten, Katja Herbers, Dulce Sloan, and Emily Hampshire at Entertainment Weekly’s Bold School panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
American??")
“We have sexism back home, but not as much.
I was like, ‘Wait a second.
Here [in America], women have an expiration date.
What the f— is that about?’
That really threw me.”
She went on to call out how the disparity plays out in Hollywood.
“It’s just not normal, this is not okay.”
The panelists then when on to speak about learning to find their own voice, especially on male-dominated sets.
“It wasn’t even people telling me that I couldn’t have a voice.
It was a thing I learned, that as a woman, I wouldn’t be taken seriously.
I thought I had to prove myself.”
“But when I get on set, you don’t want to be difficult.
You’re already scared of me.”
But she pinpoints the exact moment she changed her tack.
I did everything that I was supposed to do for you to hire me.
So you’re not doing me a favor by hiring me.
It doesn’t mean you’re not good at what you do.
Because I’ve seen plenty of people get things that they shouldn’t have received.
Don’t think about what you didn’t get.
Just look at what you want.”
See all of EW’sSan Diego Comic-Con 2022 coverage here.
