The famed director has done a few films in which the story revolves around a female lead, including 1977’s “New York, New York,” starring Liza Minnelli, and the 1974 film “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” which won its star, Ellen Burstyn, a best actress Academy Award. The bulk of his movies, however, have been led by male actors.

Nicole Kidman has a list of directors she’d love to work with, and Martin Scorsese is one of them. There’s just one problem. Speaking to Vanity Fair in a Q&A published on Wednesday3, Kidman, 57, threw some shade Scorsese’s way for his history of writing films centered entirely on male characters.

Nicole Kidman has derided Martin Scorsese for a common movie complaint often levied the director’s way. The Australian Oscar-winning star has worked with numerous high-profile filmmakers over the year,