‘Come on, things change.

I was very surprised by the backlash, she says.

I cantbeginto interpret it, frankly.

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I thought it was very childish and cruel.

I guess if you saw the movie as a kid you would feel possessive over it.

But come on, things change.

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Women are at the table, and there are plenty of projects to go around.

It was a good movie, I thought, she says.

They were splendid in it, and no ones taking away the original…

So Ill never be quite able to understand what happened except that it was unfortunate.

I thought it was really sad that it happened to that project.

But I think theyve all moved on so hopefully everyone learned something from that.

TheGhostbustersreboot went on tounderperform at the box office, making it unlikely to return for a sequel.

I didnt realize it was a religion for sort of the generation of boys after me, he said.

I didnt realize to them what a sacrilegious thing I did.

Its important to be able to show women in science, women in STEM.

Id love to do more of that, he said.

The more you show of women in these professional careers, it really helps.