Call Jane(2022).Photo: Wilson Webb/Roadside Attractions/Courtesy Everett Collection
Elizabeth Banksis a quick study.
The actress says she learned how to actuallyperform abortionsin preparation for the film “Call Jane,” which tells the story of a revolutionary group of women in 1968 who helped women get abortions in Chicago, pre-Roe.
In preparation for the role, she learned how doctors perform abortions, tellingVanityFair"I might be able to" do a procedure.
“I didn’t actually ever get to dilate anybody,” she tells the outlet. “I got to learn about the tools, watch the videos. But the procedure that we performed from 1968, there are similarities to it now but it is not the exact same,” she says. “Most abortions now are self-managed via two pills.”
She described a traumatic experience getting ovarian cysts removed.
“And honestly, that’s what I was thinking of while I was having the procedure in the movie. A pretty easy sense memory to bring up because it was raw and fresh, even though it was 10 or 11 years ago now.”
source: people.com
