Jennifer Lawrence shared her thoughts on the history of female-led action movies in a new interview, but the "Hunger Games" star is getting some flack for ...
(The first film, based on the popular YA series of novels, came out in 2012, while the last movie was released in 2015) [Viola Davis](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/entertainment/viola-davis-michelle-obama-criticism/index.html) in an interview for [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/features/jennifer-lawrence-viola-davis-action-heroes-motherhood-1235451405/) published on Wednesday, in which she mused on the past state of action movies with a female lead. [Jennifer Lawrence](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/entertainment/jennifer-lawrence-adele-passengers/index.html) shared her thoughts on the history of female-led action movies in a new interview, but the “Hunger Games” star is getting some flack for not quite getting it right.
Ten years after she starred in the first 'Hunger Games' film, Jennifer Lawrence tells Viola Davis about some of the challenges of that role.
I was scrambling, trying to fix it by saying yes to this movie and then trying to counteract it with that movie,” the “Joy” actor said. “I’m always very self-conscious of my intellect because I didn’t finish school,” Lawrence said. A year later, she pushed back against the haters and said “Hunger Games” was an opportunity to promote a healthy body image. “And not realizing that what I had to do was no movies until something spoke to me.” She told Davis that “nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie because it wouldn’t work” before the hit YA action series, which was based on Suzanne Collins’ book franchise. “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?'” Lawrence said of her initial casting in the blockbuster franchise.
[A Brief Investigation](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/samuel-alito-elena-kagan-black-santa-kkk-ashley-madison?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-120622) I can’t be in character as an ex-ballerina and not feel like an ex-ballerina.” [Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05EhMqgUpME) to discuss the pressures she faced after being cast in the dystopian franchise. [2018 spy thriller] Red Sparrow was the first time that I was really hungry, and disciplined. “For Hunger Games, they told me to lose weight, and then I discovered Jack in the Box. “In The Hunger Games, it was an awesome responsibility,” she said.
Jennifer Lawrence recalled her previous attitude to starting a family in an interview with Viola Davis for Variety.
"He was just teetering around, just flying. They took her out of the car." "I drove around with mine, didn't realize he wasn't buckled into the car seat," she said. "Jennifer, I locked my kid in the car, and it was sweltering hot outside," she told the Silver Linings Playbook star. I grabbed their necks and said, ‘My baby is in the car! I walk out of the car, shut the door, and realize I don't have my keys." "I had 50 million things on my plate. "And then we had the pandemic. [Genesis](https://www.eonline.com/news/1220243/see-viola-davis-hilarious-reaction-to-her-10-year-old-daughters-extravagant-christmas-list), 12, with [Julius Tennon](https://www.eonline.com/news/739820/did-viola-davis-and-julius-tennon-renew-their-wedding-vows-all-the-clues-that-point-to-a-special-day), continued, "I screamed. Two years later, I'm pregnant, we go back, and we make the rest of it." My daughter was in the back. What if I fuck up?
Jennifer Lawrence struggles with a constant feeling of guilt as a mom. The Oscar-winning actress gave birth to a baby boy called Cy in February, ...
Jennifer Lawrence and Viola Davis talk about 'Causeway,' 'The Woman King' and their acting careers.
And it was so interesting to make a movie where I’m feeling so scared and feeling this mirrored in Lynsey. What am I supposed to do with my deep voice and my wide nose? What am I supposed to do with my Blackness? Lawrence: I think in working through childhood trauma, living with it as an adult, not being able to just get rid of it, and not being able to take a pill and make it go away, or have a good therapy session and have it go away. I was scrambling, trying to fix it by saying yes to this movie and then trying to counteract it with that movie. When I read “Causeway,” I had no confidence in myself — I had no confidence in my antenna. 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. So then what am I supposed to do with me? If you start thinking, “I look ridiculous, I feel ridiculous,” there’s nowhere to go. And I remember that was the moment I thought to myself, “Sit down. And I think that’s why people are drawn to you. Because I see us as sort of the same type of actress, in a way.
In the wake of Warner Bros/DC's 'The Flash' going a week earlier on June 16 and landing on the date of Jennifer Lawrence's R-rated comedy 'No Hard Feelings' ...
No Hard Feelings is produced by Alex Saks, Marc Provissiero, Naomi Odenkirk, Lawrence and her producing partner Justine Ciarrocchi. John Phillips serves as EP. [The Flash](https://deadline.com/tag/the-flash/) going [a week earlier on June 16](https://deadline.com/2022/12/the-flash-ezra-miller-theatrical-release-date-move-june-1235190095/) and landing on the date of [Jennifer Lawrence](https://deadline.com/tag/jennifer-lawrence/)’s R-rated comedy [No Hard Feelings](https://deadline.com/tag/no-hard-feelings/), the latter movie has moved a week later to June 23, which is [Flash‘s old date](https://deadline.com/2022/03/warner-bros-release-dates-the-flash-aquaman-wonka-shazam-sequel-1234974660/).
Jennifer Lawrence says the biggest reaction to her "Hunger Games" casting was: "How much weight are you going to lose?"
To keep certain people in the same positions that they’ve always been in.” So many years later, Viola Davis got a similar opportunity with “The Woman King.” “The Hunger Games” would turn Lawrence into a worldwide superstar.
In a discussion with Viola Davis published by "Variety," Lawrence said "nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie" prior to her role in ...
Jennifer Lawrence recalled her body being at the forefront of conversations concerning her portrayal of Katniss Everdeen prior to filming The Hunger Games.
The question Jennifer Lawrence was asked about 'The Hunger Games' was 'How much weight are you going to lose?'
Jennifer Lawrence has revealed how she was quizzed on how much weight she would lose before starring as Katniss Everdeen in 'The Hunger Games'.
Jennifer Lawrence refused to bow down to pressure and lose weight for her role in "The Hunger Games". The actress, who played Katniss Everdeen in the ...
Jennifer Lawrence, a cast member in the film "Causeway," poses for a Jennifer Lawrence poses for a portrait during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, ...