Twitter Celebrates Talented Female Actors With The “Could Do, Couldn’t Do” Meme

The world of cinema is no longer dominated by men. Female actors, directors, producers, singers etc are making their mark in the industry with their talent and versatility. They have created powerful content and displayed that they are just as bankable as their male counterparts at the box-office.

Which is why the Twitterati was outraged when Reuters reported that Kirsten Dunst received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by calling her “Spiderman’s girlfriend”. People pointed out that the award-winning actress has been in the profession since age 12 and her body of work is much more elaborate than what the tweet gave her credit for. Eventually, they deleted the tweet and replaced the video. But what it sparked was the “Could Do, Couldn’t Do” meme.

Essentially, people started sharing the roles of male actors that female actors “could do” and compared them with the roles of female actors that male actors “couldn’t do”. Rani Mukherjee and Tabu were celebrated and compared to the Khans of Bollywood.

‘Rani could do *any srk movie* but srk couldn’t do black.’ – another L for bollytweetz

— ann marie lastrassi. (@plainjanedoe__) September 2, 2019

‘Tabu could do Talaash but Aamir couldn’t do Aandhadhun.’ – Tauji’s number one stan, Ria

— ann marie lastrassi. (@plainjanedoe__) September 2, 2019

Hollywood actress Meryl Streep’s acting prowess was applauded and so were the skills of Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman and Lena Headey. People said they could do justice to the characters played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey Jr.

meryl streep could do the joker but jered leto couldn’t do the joker

— jill (@jillisyoung) September 3, 2019

meryl streep could do the iron man but robert downey jr couldn't do sophie's choice

— yas 🏳️‍🌈 (@kwllingeve) September 3, 2019

meryl streep could do the dark knight but christian bale couldn’t do mamma mia

— emily&megan:) (@bghsclarigirl) September 3, 2019

Helen Mirren could play the Joker but Joaquin Phoenix couldn’t play the queen's pic.twitter.com/YWMVRlyn26

— geicy e a celine dion dando murro nos peito (@helenmxrren) September 1, 2019

kirsten dunst could do once upon a time in hollywood but leonardo dicaprio couldn’t do bring it on

— meg zukin says acab (@bymeg) September 1, 2019

natalie portman could do thor but chris hemsworth couldn’t do padmé

— bennie (@tophbeisfong) September 3, 2019

phoebe waller-bridge could do james bond but daniel craig couldn’t do fleabag

— stewy hosseini’s gay little ankles (@sunsetncamden) September 3, 2019

lena headey could do walter white but bryan cranston couldn’t do cersei lannister

— no one (@_agirlisnoone) September 1, 2019

Lena Headey could do 99% of roles but 99% of actors couldn’t do Cersei Lannister

— Lady Strapheart (@cyrilwoodcock) September 2, 2019

anne hathaway could do american psycho but christian bale couldn’t do princess diaries

— 𝓔𝓵𝓵𝓼 (@elliepeek) August 31, 2019

https://twitter.com/ronnihana/status/1167871943560712197

anne hathaway could do fight club but brad pitt couldn't do princess diaries

— ayesha (@wordfleshh) August 31, 2019

lucy liu could do the wolf of wall street but leonardo dicaprio couldn't do charlie's angels

— alina (@loversinfilm) September 1, 2019

Kudos to women no longer being accessories or second fiddles in movies. We hope to see more and more of these ladies and their powerful roles in the future.

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