She added that female moviegoers also have a responsibility if they want things to change. “The audience have the power. They are the ones buying tickets to all these man-made movies. There are films being made by female directors, by female writers, with lead female roles, but women are not going to those movies.

“We’re going with our boyfriends to hold their fucking hands to go see a movie that we couldn’t care less about!”

Prominent women in Hollywood should think carefully about what films they sign up to, Saldana said. “As women in positions of power, we have to use it to help other women.

“I couldn't care less about male-driven stories and war movies,” she continued, “not because I'm not an intellectual individual, but because I want to know what's happening to a woman.”

And Saldana’s putting her money where her mouth is. It was announced this week that Cinestar Pictures, the production company run by the actress and with her two sisters, is producing a new documentary about the disappearance and murders of 4,000 indigenous women across Canada.

Zoe Saldana calls on female audiences to stop funding man-made movies