Jennifer Lawrence Is Getting Dragged For Saying Nobody Put A Female Star In An Action Movie Before “The Hunger Games”

Jennifer Lawrence and Viola Davis interviewed each other for Variety’s Actors on Actors. Apparently, they’re both getting awards show buzz; Jennifer for the extremely depressing-looking indie, Causeway, and Viola for the historical epic, The Woman King. The actresses talked about their craft, doing press, and the challenges that come with starring in action flicks. 32-year-old Jennifer says that when she was filming The Hunger Games (2012), “nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie” because the industry believed “boys cannot identify with a female lead.” Now, I get what she’s trying to say: Hollywood is sexist, and there are way more male action stars. But, um, Hunger Games was only released ten years ago. So Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hamilton, Pam Grier, Uma Thurman, Milla Jovovich, and, hell, even Kate Beckinsale would like a word. Run for cover, JLaw!

Here’s exactly what Jennifer said about women in action movies:

I want to circle back to you being “The Woman King.” I remember when I was doing “Hunger Games,” nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie because it wouldn’t work — because we were told girls and boys can both identify with a male lead, but boys cannot identify with a female lead. And it just makes me so happy every single time I see a movie come out that just blows through every one of those beliefs, and proves that it is just a lie to keep certain people out of the movies. To keep certain people in the same positions that they’ve always been in.

Obviously, Jennifer’s statement was incorrect. And ya know what that means… Twitter wants her charged, tried, convicted, and executed:

Are you legit stupid? Have you not seen Alien/Aliens, Terminator, Kill Bill, Underworld, Resident Evil, G.I. Jane, Charlie's Angels, The Long Kiss Goodnight, V for Vendetta, La Femme Nikita, etc, etc, etc… The list goes on and on and they all came out before Hunger Games.

— UNDΘΘMΞD (@Undoomed) December 7, 2022

"nOboDY wOuLD eVeR wATcH a fEMaLE-LEd aCTiON mOViE!!1!1!"

Jennifer Lawrence is a member of the Cult of Feminist Frequency. pic.twitter.com/Fj0GZNviBM

— Geisha in Limbo (@sisterinferior) December 7, 2022

Soooo is Jennifer Lawrence super dumb or completely ignorant?

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) December 7, 2022

Jennifer also talked about the pressure she faced starring in The Hunger Games. She says a lot of it had to do with her weight:

In “Hunger Games,” it was an awesome responsibility. Those books were huge, and I knew that the audience was children. I remember the biggest conversation was “How much weight are you going to lose?” Along with me being young and growing and not able to be on a diet, I don’t know if I want all of the girls who are going to dress up as Katniss to feel like they can’t because they’re not a certain weight. And I can’t let that seep into my brain either.

Yeesh, I remember that “controversy” surrounding Jennifer’s Body because I compared my body to her body. I remember thinking, “It’s OK! Jennifer Lawrence is chubby, too!” Bitch, WHAT?!!??? I guess we were all shaking off that mid-2000’s super-skinny brainwashing courtesy of Rachel Zoe, Nicole Richie, and Lindsay Lohan. Oh, what a time. Here’s Viola and Jennifer’s full conversation:

BREAKING NEWS: Jennifer Lawrence is making even more headlines for claiming to be the first-ever woman to talk to Viola Davis on camera! A true feminist pioneer…

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