I kicked ass on screen way before I did so in real life,” says Geena Davis. In a marvellous memoir that will resonate with many women of her generation, the 66-year-old actor becomes the poster girl for “fake it till you make it”. Only by playing “badasses” in feminist classics such as Thelma & Louise (1991) did she learn to stop bending over backwards to accommodate everyone around her (parents, teachers, husbands, directors, co-stars, extras, catering staff, casual passers-by) and stand up for all six foot of herself.
Although advance headlines have focused on the brief passages in which Davis alleges the actor Bill Murray behaved in a sexist way towards her, this isn’t an angry book. It’s an endearing and inspiring
