MOVIES PLAY ELASTIGIRL STRETCHED TO LIMIT

is called up to save the day and campaign for her fellow superheroes in Incredibles 2.

The follow- up to Pixar’s 2004 Oscarwinning animated film shakes up the dynamics of the super- powered Parr family as Bob, aka Mr Incredible, stays home to care for the children while his wife Helen, aka Elastigirl, becomes the face of the campaign to make superheroes legal again.

Star Holly Hunter says it’s a happy coincidence that working mum Elastigirl is in the spotlight this time around, considering the recent discussions around gender equality and the # MeToo movement. “It’s really serendipitous that the movie happens to be coming out at this particular moment,” she says.

“I don’t think that was a message Brad ( Bird, the writer/ director) wanted to convey. I think Brad is a feminist. He was talking about revealing completely different aspects of every single character in the movie.

“Violet is going through adolescence ragging around the house, Mr Incredible is realising he could be a really fantastic dad, Mrs Incredible is out being a hero and Jack Jack is being 27 different babies at once.

“The movie is about all of the different people we have inside of us, what our life demands of us and how many of those demands we actually rise to meet.”

It has been 14 years since The Incredibles last put on their masks to battle the bad guys, but in the sequel it will feel as if no time has passed at all.

picks up with the Parr family just after the events of the first film.