This is what #girlpower looks like! Melissa McCarthy posted a photo from the set of Ghostbusters of all the women working on the production, and there are a lot. Each woman is holding up a sign that identifies her role in the film — from actors and producers, to stuntwomen and script supervisors. In front, McCarthy and co-stars Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon hold up a sign that reads "girl power."
McCarthy's tweet sends "three cheers" to Ellen DeGeneres in support of her GapKids x ED line, which was launched to serve as an empowerment tool for young girls. McCarthy also launched her own clothing line this summer.
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The photo also serves as a reminder that this film is bucking the statistics in Hollywood. As Time reports, women were only "14% of protagonists and 30% of all speaking characters featured in the top 100 grossing films last year."
The all-female Ghostbusters reboot is in theaters in 2016.
3 cheers to Ellen from all the remarkable women of #Ghostbusters.When we stand together we are unstoppable!#GirlPower pic.twitter.com/fEq7PpD78G
— Melissa McCarthy (@melissamccarthy) August 25, 2015