Here are some photos of Emma Thompson protesting outside of the Shell headquarters in London yesterday. She brought props, and she “defaced” part of the Shell building with some really pretty polar bear footprints. Her protest was against Shell’s new lease for Arctic drilling. Meanwhile, as luck would have it, Emma also has a lengthy new interview with Vulture – go here to read. She chats about feminism, aging, Hollywood and a lot more. Some highlights:

The on-screen romantic age differences: “The age thing is insane. It was ever thus. I remember saying years and years ago, when I was 35, that they’d have to exhume somebody to play my leading man … Nothing’s changed in that regard. If anything, it’s got worse….I remember somebody saying to me that I was too old for Hugh Grant, who’s like a year younger than me, in Sense and Sensibility. I said, ‘Do you want to go take a flying leap?’”

The glut of superhero movies: “I loved the original Superman with Chris Reeve, because there was a real tongue-in-cheek-ness to it. After a while, you do get a tiny bit cynical about it. The fact that I know they’re going to win out in the end has now slightly interfered with my continuing to go to those movies. If I see yet another Spider-Man, I’m going to have to actually hang myself. I can’t do it anymore! They’re all marvelous, but how many times can you make this franchise, for crying out loud?… I’m up for Wonder Woman, totally.”

Feminism: “I’ve been a card-carrying, radical feminist since I was 19. Most women who I would want to listen to wouldn’t have any problem at all with the word feminist. It’s bizarre. Any woman who says they’re not a feminist is basically saying that they don’t believe in equal rights for women. Any woman who says, ‘I hate my bum, I hate my body,’ is essentially expressing a kind of misogyny. All women who come up with that need to think very carefully about what it is they’re saying. Including me!”

Oscar awards seasons: “I’ve sensed that there’s more financial gain riding on awards season now, and I think I speak for other actors when I say that the lot of us feel quite pressurized by that. The requirements of that season — constantly dressing up and trotting down carpets — is quite a lot now, because there are so many awards shows. People literally put aside three months of their lives to do it. Seems quite a lot, doesn’t it?”

Production/promotional schedules: “I know how difficult and demanding it is, for instance, for all of the James Bond actors to make a Bond movie. The movie takes a long time, but then you spend something like 18 months promoting it! That’s quite hard, I think.”

Donald Trump is a disaster: “Let’s face it, the Republicans have chosen Donald Trump to run — can you take anything they say seriously, on any level? I suppose you can, in the sense that many of them have power, and that’s something you guys are really going to have to address, because it’s a disaster. I think it’s terrifying.”

[From Vulture]

She also chats about how she’s learned to be “philosophical” with her screenplays, and she doesn’t mind when her scripts are re-written or when she’s asked to rewrite someone else’s scripts. As for the rest of it… well, I love Emma and I’ve always loved her. I think she’s truly a sh-t-talking feminist and a ballsy advocate for a number of great causes. Others may disagree. And they can take a flying leap.

Also, mom jeans.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.