Scorsese has created provocative roles for women.
But with only six words in his latest film, Anna Paquin’s moral spectre is a sign of a troubling trend in HollywoodWhen Anna Paquin joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, it seemed like a decent break for the actor who has flown under the radar since her days as the half-vampire Sookie Stackhouse on True Blood.
Paquin’s was the only big female name alongside the likes of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and a myriad of other recognisable male stars – an anomaly that held the promise of a particularly meaty female role (if Scorsese’s gangster flicks serve as evidence).But even though The Irishman never suggests it would prominently feature its female characters, few could have anticipated quite how absent its most important female figure is.
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