India, Feb. 2 -- Haley Lu Richardson, who stars alongside Emilia Clarke in the recent JioHotstar web series Ponies, insists working with a female co-star made her feel the "safest": "Sometimes we didn't even have to talk, we just sit in the green room, hold each other's hand and breathe, and it felt replenishing for the soul. We were really great supportive partners for each other." The 30-year-old feels that this experience reflects the deep-rooted gender discrimination in the industry. "There are different walks of life where people are stuck in the past, 'the good old days'. It just depends on the environment you are in, and the person across from you." Haley adds that men in her life, personal and professional, have had different experiences. "I've experienced things differently because I am a woman. Some actor guy I dated in the past even asked me, 'That's a thing? That's a problem?' and I'm like, 'yeah, it is'," she ends....