Jennifer Lawrence Learns from Other Women Who Have Made Action Films

Jennifer Lawrence has reacted to the backlash she received regarding comments she made about female-led action films’ history. The Causeway star was criticized for suggesting that Katniss Everdeen’s role in The Hunger Games was her first lead role in an action movie.

“I can remember when I was doing Hunger Games that nobody had ever put a female lead in an action movie because it would not work,” she said. She said that girls and boys can identify with male leads, but boys cannot identify as female leads in an action movie.

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