Paulson recently shut down the suggestion that having lots of women in one cast will inevitably lead to on-set feuds. “I’ve never had anything like that happen on [the Ocean’s Eight] set,” said the star of The People vs. O.J. Simpson.

She added: “I promise you it would not be like that if a bunch of boys would get together – ‘bro fights’. I hate to support that narrative or that idea and it certainly couldn’t be further from the truth.”

Other forthcoming gender-reversed remakes are the Disney reboot of Splash, in which Channing Tatum takes on the role of the mermaid previously played by Daryl Hannah. Disney is also reportedly developing a new version of 1991 WW2 action-adventure The Rocketeer, with a black woman playing the lead role instead of a white man.

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