The Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic, “On The Basis Of Sex”, almost didn’t get made.
The flick’s screenwriter Daniel Stiepleman told The New York Times that investors didn’t want to give funding because Armie Hammer, who plays Ginsberg’s (Felicity Jones) husband Martin, was too supportive.
“Backers offered to fund the film if [Martin] was rewritten as angrier, or less understanding; maybe he should threaten to divorce his wife if she didn’t drop the case,” he told the outlet.
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“It came up a lot,” Stiepleman continued. “I remember at some point saying in a meeting, ‘There’s a 5,000-year history of narrative, of men coming home from battle, and their wives patch them up and boost their egos and send them back out to fight again. You write one supportive husband, and everyone’s like, such a creature could never exist!’”
Hammer was also happy to take on the role, a decision he made to support a female lead, “I’m sure that women feel like they’ve been stuck in these supportive roles for a long time,” the actor told The Times, “but for me, to get to play something like this was amazing, because it’s fair.”
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Hammer added, “I think that there is a lot to be gained from seeing that a man can be an even better and stronger man, while still being an incredibly supportive husband and a buttress for his wife. It didn’t make him any less of a man. If anything, it made him more.”
“On The Basis Of Sex” is in theatres now.
