Elizabeth Banks is frustrated with how her Charlie’s Angels adaptation was received.

Speaking with The New York Times in an interview published online Tuesday, Banks—who wrote, directed, and starred in the 2019 reboot of the 1970s show—said that while making the film was “an incredible experience” that she’s proud of, she feels that her vision was misrepresented in both its marketing and criticisms.

“Let me say I’m proud of the movie. I loved Kristen Stewart being funny and light. I loved introducing Ella Balinska to the world. I loved working with Patrick Stewart. It was an incredible experience,” she said. But Banks, 48, says these positives are overshadowed by the stress of having a feminist narrative pushed on the film.

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“It was very stressful, partly because when women do things in Hollywood it becomes this story. There was a story around Charlie’s Angels that I was creating some feminist manifesto. I was just making an action movie. I would’ve liked to have made Mission: Impossible, but women aren’t directing Mission: Impossible,” she said.

Banks Says Female Directors are Still Limited in Hollywood: ‘It’s a Male-Dominated Industry’

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In addition to her qualms with Charlie’s Angels being painted as more than an action movie, Banks says that female directors in Hollywood are still limited in the scope of their projects and the marketing is pigeonholed.

“I was able to direct an action movie, frankly, because it starred women, and I’m a female director, and that is the confine right now in Hollywood. I wish that the movie had not been presented as just for girls, because I didn’t make it just for girls. There was a disconnect on the marketing side of it for me,” the Call Jane actress said.

And though Banks is acutely aware of the misogynistic power structures in place, she’s more concerned about keeping her head down and letting her work speak for itself than analyzing or solving things.

“I’m putting my head down and showing these big corporations that if they give women the opportunity to do this job, they can make a good product that can make them a profit. It’s a male-dominated industry. It’s a male-dominated world,” she said. “That’s what I’m up against, but I can’t solve it, and I don’t really want to analyze it.”

Charlie’s Angels is now available to rent or buy on Prime Video.