jennifer lawrence responded to Backlash to her comments last week “No one had cast a woman in the lead role in an action movie.”hunger game— and told The Hollywood Reporter that she made a mistake.
“That’s certainly not what I meant.” Lawrence said Thursday“I know I’m not the only woman who’s ever directed an action movie. What I wanted to emphasize was how good it was. When it comes to Viola, you hear.” It was meant to blow these old myths away.”
In an interview with Variety’s “Actors on Actors,” Lawrence said she was only addressing “the chatter you’d hear” about female-led action movies being neglected when she made the mistake. Told. Viola Davisbut that was her “failure” and that she was “wrong.”
Variety interview, Lawrence remembered what was said “Both girls and boys can identify with male leads, but boys cannot identify with female leads.”queen“
“I was nervous talking to a living legend,” Lawrence told The Hollywood Reporter.
“Don’t Look Up” actor, She welcomed her first child with Cooke Maroney earlier this year.Twitter users were immediately reminded of high-energy, female-led action movies like Terminator, Alien, and Kill Bill.
“I was once told that I said, donald trump I was responsible for the Hurricane,” Lawrence told The Hollywood Reporter. I think.”
Lawrence certainly provided a strong female representation in the “Hunger Games” franchise for a new generation. reportedly Nearly $3 billion in revenue, making her an A-list. As for Davis, black actors had more prejudices to overcome than gender.
“Have you ever seen something like ‘The Woman King’?” Davis recalled thinking during the interview. “I’m not the only one, but someone who looks like me? Which studio puts the money behind it? How can you be sure a black woman can lead the global box office?”
“The Woman King” hit theaters in September — Achieved No. 1 domestic box office.