Eva Longoria Blasts Hollywood’s Double Standard When It Comes To Female Directors

Eva Longoria blasted what she called Hollywood’s double standard when it comes to movie’s successes or failures — and she said that as a Latina female director, she’s held to a different standard than white men.

During the 48-year-old actress/director/producer’s appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Longoria said that she “felt the weight of my community” at her feature directorial debut of “Flamin’ Hot,” Variety reported.

“I felt the weight of every female director because we don’t get a lot of bites at the apple,” the actress said. “My movie wasn’t low budget by any means — it wasn’t $100 million, but it wasn’t $2 million. When was the last Latina-directed studio film? It was like 20 years ago. We can’t get a movie every

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