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\"They were big fans of the movies that Drew Barrymore made with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu which are also completely iconic and incredible,\" Banks added. \"We took a lot of inspiration from all of it -- from everything that came before and I feel like as a filmmaker, as a feminist, as a woman I'm standing on the shoulders of all the women that came before me in my industry and this movie is really about that.\"

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\"These angels stand on the shoulders of the angels that came before them and so, we honor that in the movie.\"

Banks said she identifies with actress Kate Jackson from the original \"Charlie's Angels\" the most.

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\"I think because she was so brainy and relatable and honestly Jacqueline Smith and Farrah Fawcett, they were so beautiful. I couldn't have ever imagined being either one of them.\"

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\"Charlie's Angels\" opens on Nov. 15.

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