American actress Anna Kendrick holds no judgment against men who treat the Pitch Perfect franchise as their guilty pleasures. In fact, she is even pleased that guys love their movie and contrary to what most people think or say, believes that watching the movie and enjoying it do not make them any less of a man.
"It's not like the humor excludes men," she said in an interview with Glamour. "My favorite thing on Twitter is guys being like, 'Listen: I'm not a pussy, but Pitch Perfect is awesome' I'm like, 'I didn't think you were a pussy, sir.'"
During its opening weekend, majority or 74 percent of Pitch Perfect's audiences were women, and Kendrick hopes that more men will get to see the sequel this year.
She even talked about her character Beca, who tries desperately hard to be cool and fit in. However, she believes that audiences love her character more because she is not cool.
"I feel like you can't get an audience to like your character if she's actually cool, but you can if she's trying to be cool and sometimes fails," she said. "My favorite Beca is Struggling, Awkward Beca because I think that's who we all are. We want to be like Cool Beca, and we're not."
As for Kendrick, she professes that she is far from cool and does not think herself to be more special compared to other people. She finds enjoyment in making simple things such as "dope" carrot soup and watching popular television series like The Bachelor.
"Some of the girls (from Pitch Perfect) got me into The Bachelor, so that became a group texting moment for us," she shared.
Even though she managed to get a lot of good movie roles recently, Kendrick feels that there is still a bias on male actors, who often get prioritized in Hollywood.
She shared that there is a film she is currently considering; however, she has to wait for all the male roles to be cast even before she can even "become part of the conversation." Kendrick adds that part of her gets that logic, but another part of her cannot help but shake her head in disbelief.
"To me, the only explanation is that there are so many talented girls, and from a business standpoint it's easier to find women to match the men. I totally stand by the belief that there are 10 unbelievably talented women for every role," she said.
