Elizabeth Banks models a mini dress as she puts groceries in her car in LA… after
Elizabeth Banks showcased her toned arms and legs while putting her groceries in the back of her car outside a supermarket in Los Angeles on Monday.
The actress, 49, who recently returned from an Italian vacation, tried to beat the heat wearing black and white striped mini dress that showed off her toned and tanned figure.
The star added comfy white sneakers as she appeared to be wearing minimal makeup.
The Call Jane star’s blonde hair was pulled back into a loose bun. She wore dark sunglasses atop her head as she put her purchases in the back of her car.
This comes after the star talked directing the box-office disappointment Charlie’s Angeles.
Beat the heat: Elizabeth Banks did her best to beat the heat in a sleeveless black and white stripped mini dress in Los Angeles Monday
The actress, who is currently starring in The Beanie Bubble on Apple TV+, has expanded her resume to include producing and directing since beginning her career in the late 1990s.
With the hype about Barbie, which has earned some $780 million globally so far, Elizabeth, who directed 2019’s Charlie’s Angels reboot, is speaking out about the difficulties of being the woman calling the shots.
Her Charlie’s Angels movie opened to mixed reviews and made only $73 million worldwide.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, she spoke some of the challenges she faced due to the way the film was perceived.
‘For me, regardless of what the actual product was, so much of the story that the media wanted to tell about Charlie’s Angels was that it was some feminist manifesto,’ she explained.
‘People kept saying, “You’re the first female director of Charlie’s Angels!” And I was like, “They’ve only done a TV show and McG’s movies… what are you talking about? There’s not this long legacy.”
‘I just loved the franchise,’ the Massachusetts native said.
Natural beauty: Elizabeth appeared to be wearing minimal makeup. The Call Jane star’s blonde hair was pulled back into a loose bun
New project: Elizabeth is currently starring in The Beanie Bubble on Apple TV+
‘There was not this gendered agenda from me,’ she contended.
‘That was very much laid on top of the work, and it was a little bit of a bummer. It felt like it pigeonholed me and the audience for the movie.
‘To lose control of the narrative like that was a real bummer,’ she claimed.
‘You realize how the media can frame something regardless of how you’ve framed it.
‘I happen to be a woman who directed a Charlie’s Angels movie that happened to star three incredible women. You can’t control the media saying, “You’re a lady director, and that’s special!” — which it is, but it’s not the only thing,’ she pointed out.
Pigeonholed: On directing 2019’s Charlie’s Angels Elizabeth told Rolling Stone, ‘There was not this gendered agenda from me,’ she contended. ‘That was very much laid on top of the work, and it was a little bit of a bummer. It felt like it pigeonholed me and the audience’
Lesson: Elizabeth said she has learned a lot about how ‘female projects’ are perceived. ‘It was interesting to see how the industry sees things that star women. It was a real lesson for me,’ she explained (Pictured in Los Angeles in March)
‘I remember having a conversation with someone who was like, “You guys are going to have a partnership with Drybar” — which is, like, a hair-blowing thing — and I was like, “Alright… but could we have an ad during the baseball playoffs? It’s not only this one thing.”
‘It was interesting to see how the industry sees things that star women. It was a real lesson for me.’
She did not address how audience members found the film too ‘woke,’ which seemed to be the main complaint.
The Cocaine Bear director hasn’t shied away from other projects. She is currently signed to direct The Greater Good, described as a ‘comedic version of The X-Files.’
She also produced Bottoms, starring Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott and Kaia Gerber.
The comedy about two unpopular lesbians who start a fight club so they can have sex with cheerleaders before their high school graduation opens August 25.