Jennifer Lawrence sparked fierce on-line debate after commenting that “nobody” had put a lady in a lead motion position earlier than The Hunger Games.
The actress, 32, who burst into the highlight after her portrayal of Katniss Everdeen, made the daring assertion in dialogue with Viola Davis for Variety.
“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,” she defined.
“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.”
But whereas many have commented that her remarks on inequities throughout the trade are legitimate, film buffs have been fast to slam the assertion that she was the trailblazer for women-led motion movies.
Social media critics famous that a number of different girls have starred as leads in motion movies – together with Sigourney Weaver within the Alien franchise; Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider andUma Thurman in Kill Bill.
Charlie’s Angels – starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu – and the Resident Evil collection with Milla Jovovich on the helm have been additionally talked about within the debate.
However, others have jumped to her defence to argue the general level she was making is way extra necessary than semantics.
“Honestly the dunks on this one are kind of infantile,” one wrote.
“Obviously there were female led action movies. But it’s ridiculous to claim that they’re common. Lawrence’s larger point – that boys are not expected to identify with female leads – is still valid.”
Another agreed, whereas including that Lawrence’s exaggeration has prompted misdirected anger.
“It’s the hyperbole that makes people concentrate on the wrong thing,” they claimed.
“She could have said, ‘There’s been a serious lack of female led action movies, that needs to change.’ When you say NEVER, it seems selfish aggrandising and gives people a reason to argue with you.”
The Hunger Games franchise earned over $US2.97 billion ($A4.38 billion) on the worldwide field workplace with 4 films.
A prequel to the collection is presently within the works, based mostly on Suzanne Collins’ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Peter Dinklage and Viola Davis are set to star within the movie, which is due out in November 2023.
