After the success of Colette, Lizzie and The Favourite, a new film about fossil-hunter Mary Anning has grafted on an imaginary lesbian love affair. But why?
It used to be that there were hardly any same-sex relationships on screen and very few lesbian ones in particular. Now, it seems, there is an abundance. In the past year, audiences have flocked to Colette, Disobedience, Lizzie and, most notably, Olivia Colman’s Academy Award-winning turn in The Favourite, in which Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone vied for her affections (tough gig).
The latest sapphic storyline to get tongues a-wagging is an upcoming film about Mary Anning, who – according to the Natural History Museum –, was “the unsung hero of fossil discovery”. Shut up. Anning was a rock star. She was not, as far as anyone knows, a lesbian – but she will be when played by Kate Winslet in Ammonite, which began shooting in Lyme Regis this week.
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