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Zoë Kravitz was forced to change the name of her new film after 'some women' took offence to it.
The 35-year-old makes her directional debut with Blink Twice, a new thriller that is set to release this summer.
Channing Tatum, her partner, stars in the movie as Slater King - a tech billionaire who certainly has a lot about him.
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Slater welcomes a cocktail waitress to join him and his friends on a luxurious vacation on his private island, but things quickly take a sinister turn.
Well, the film was originally known as 'P*ssy Island' - something that was later changed for perhaps obvious reasons.
While the name may have changed, Kravitz says the spirit of 'P*ssy Island' is 'still alive'.
She told Entertainment Weekly: "It was made very clear to me that ‘p*ssy’ is a word that we, our society, are not ready to embrace yet.
"There were a lot of roadblocks along the way, whether it be the [Motion Picture Association of America] not wanting to put it on a poster, or a billboard, or a kiosk; movie theatres not wanting to put it on a ticket."
Kravitz spoke to some members of the target audience for the film, and she discovered many were put off by the term.
As a result, the director decided to ditch the name for something else.
Kravitz added: "Women seeing the title were saying, ‘I don’t want to see that movie,’ which is part of the reason I wanted to try and use the word, which is trying to reclaim the word, and not make it something that we’re so uncomfortable using.
"But we’re not there yet. And I think that’s something I have the responsibility as a filmmaker to listen to.
"I care about people seeing the film, and I care about how it makes people feel."
Now, Kravitz is happy with the name change and what Blink Twice has become.
She added: "I love the new title. I’m happy with the new title. I think everything happens for a reason, and I think it actually really focuses the movie in a great way,” she added. “And I think that was always the way it was meant to be."
While crafting Blink Twice, Kravitz had Tatum in mind when developing the character of Slater King.
"[He was the one] I thought of when I wrote this character," she said.
"I just knew from Magic Mike and his live shows, I got the sense he's a true feminist and I wanted to collaborate with someone who was clearly interested in exploring this subject matter."
