'I was a frustrated actor', says Hollywood filmmaker Elizabeth Banks

Actor Elizabeth Banks says she decided to turn to direction because acting opportunities she was being offered were t permitting her to tell stories she believed in. Banks me her directorial debut in 2015 with "Pitch Perfect 2", in which she reprised her role of ICCA commentator Gail Abernathy-McKden from 2012 musical romance.

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Her next film as director is modern take on Charlie's Angels, starring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska as trio of spies. 

"I was a frustrated actor. I didn't have eugh to do. industry wasn't offering me eugh. It wasn't permitting me to tell stories I wanted to tell... You have to make your own opportunities," she told Observer.

Banks ded that success of Pitch Perfect 2 helped her a lot in establishing herself as a director. "I wouldn't say I could have directed whatever I wanted. But I definitely h leeway to have some automy over what I was going to do next," she said. Banks also stars in and has co-produced Charlie's Angels. She backed all three "Pitch Perfect" films too; latest in franchise released in 2017.

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