{"id":24136,"date":"2019-05-22T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1043702"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T21:32:00","slug":"dark-phoenixs-sophie-turner-and-jessica-chastain-want-to-normalize-strong-female-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/dark-phoenixs-sophie-turner-and-jessica-chastain-want-to-normalize-strong-female-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Phoenix&#8217;s Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain Want to Normalize Strong Female Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.544924154026\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"25.120186697783\">\n<p>With&nbsp;<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>&#8216; Sansa Stark&nbsp;and <em>X-Men<\/em>&#8216;s&nbsp;Jean Grey,<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/sophie_turner\">Sophie Turner<\/a><\/strong> is known for playing roles that empower women.<\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp;<em>X-Men<\/em> sequel&nbsp;<em>Dark Phoenix<\/em>, she turns that up to 11,&nbsp;as her mutant character from <em>X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em> becomes even more powerful and develops a dangerous alter-ego. This marks the first&nbsp;film in the franchise whose&nbsp;main character is&nbsp;a woman.&nbsp;Turner and co-star&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jessica_chastain\">Jessica Chastain<\/a><\/strong>, who plays a shapeshifter who manipulates the Phoenix, talked to E! News about playing prominent, strong female&nbsp;roles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Growing up, I didn&#8217;t really feel like&#8230;I&#8217;d seen a superhero movie with a really strong female at the helm,&#8221; Turner told E! News. &#8220;Now, it&#8217;s so great that young girls and young boys and your daughter can grow up and watch this movie and look at it and say, &#8216;Oh wow, what a strong, well-rounded, accurate representation of a woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"62\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>&#8220;Also, all women are strong and all women are incredible and powerful,&#8221; Chastain said. &#8220;It&#8217;ll be nice, when we get to the point too when we make these films, that we don&#8217;t have to say, &#8216;It&#8217;s great to see a strong female character, well, it&#8217;s just normal.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah,&#8221; Turner agreed. &#8220;It&#8217;s just a character.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3\">\n<p><em>Dark Phoenix<\/em> is&nbsp;the&nbsp;sequel to <em>X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em> and the seventh installment in the <em>X-Men<\/em>&nbsp;film series.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-5-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019422\/rs_634x1024-190522141240-634-sophie-turner-jessica-chastain-me-52219.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Sophie Turner, Jessica Chastain\" alt=\"Sophie Turner, Jessica Chastain\" data-text=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">James Veysey\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>The movie is set for release on June 7.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1043702\/dark-phoenix-s-sophie-turner-and-jessica-chastain-want-to-normalize-strong-female-characters?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With&nbsp;Game of Thrones&#8216; Sansa Stark&nbsp;and X-Men&#8216;s&nbsp;Jean Grey,Sophie Turner is known for playing roles that empower women. In&nbsp;X-Men sequel&nbsp;Dark Phoenix, she turns that up to 11,&nbsp;as her mutant character from X-Men: Apocalypse becomes even more powerful and develops a dangerous alter-ego. 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