Sophia Bush Says Female Characters Were Underdeveloped

• Sophia Bush believes that women are more important than men “One Tree Hill”Characters were an afterthought, so it was easy to compare them to “small dogs and purses.”
• She is joined by two of her former colleagues “OTH”Costars began the “Drama Queens”Podcast to listen to their “power back.”
• Bethany Joy Lenz shared the belief that doing is more important than thinking. “Drama Queens”It allowed her to “learn to trust”She is now with her friends.

Brooke Davis, a cheerleader and fashion designer who Brooke Bush is adored by Sophia Bush, may be her most beloved role. “One Tree Hill,”However, she was recently The New York TimesShe believes that female characters are an afterthought on the show.

“We were kind of treated like the early 2000s character versions of small dogs and purses. We were accessories for the boys,”Bush, who played Brooke during the entire run of the teen drama from 2003 through 2012, spoke to the Times in a joint interview.

The “Good Sam”star pointed out that although many of the male characters are on “One Tree Hill”Her characters had full lives with fleshed out families. Lenz’s Haley character and her character, Haley, didn’t see any storylines that involved their parents until the fifth season.

Bush, Lenz, Burton and others have already spoken out about the negative experiences they had working on. “One Tree Hill.”The actors, along with former female coworkers, signed an open letter in 2017 detailing how they felt. “manipulated psychologically and emotionally”When they were in their 20s, their boss was their ex-boss. “One Tree Hill” creator Mark Schwahn.

The letter Published by VarietyAccording to, in certain situations, women may have to “learn to fight back, sometimes physically, because it was made clear to us that the supervisors in the room were not the protectors they were supposed to be.”Schwahn was Dec 2017: FiredFrom his role as E! show “The Royals”Cast and crew of that show Schwahn was also chargedThis is “repeated unwanted sexual harassment”They will send their open letter.

Insider was not able to reach Schwahn who has never publicly replied to the allegations for comment.

Lenz told the Times, too, that she was feeling overwhelmed by her feelings. “bullied”She said that unnamed people were in power on the show and that she, Burton and Bush were always pitted against each others, which she believes was done to prevent them from forming the strong bonds that their characters had. “One Tree Hill”With each other in real-life. Lenz stated that she felt like she “couldn’t trust anybody”She was told often that no one liked or respected her.

Lenz claimed that she only learned this when Morgan and Bush were both told the same things about her during the course of their lives. “One Tree Hill” set. The threesome, who claim their bond was strengthened only after the show concluded, decided to get back on track. The “Drama Queens” podcastTo rewatch their hit cult-classic together, “heal some of those past wounds and traumas,”Bush spoke with the Times.

Bush, Lenz and Burton wanted to take “power back”via their podcast and reclaim “One Tree Hill”Bush stated this for both the fans and himself.

Lenz stated that she now has a “take two”how she feels about her cohosts. “learn to trust”Let her know “guard down and be vulnerable”Burton and Bush

Rewatches are valuable because actors know how much their fans care about them. “One Tree Hill” alter egos. Lenz claimed that “girls, especially, were really looking for authentic, positive female friendships”At the time, the series aired during the 2000s.

“It was the right place at the right time with the right combination of grounded authenticity and positivity and female friendships,” Lenz added.

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