Jennifer Lawrence has clarified remarks she made in a video interview with Viola Davis as part of Variety’s Actors on Actors series, in which she said: “I remember when I was doing hunger games, no one had ever put a woman at the head of an action film, because it wouldn’t work, we were told. Both girls and boys can identify with a male role, but boys cannot identify with a female role.
Talk with The Hollywood Reporter On Thursday, Lawrence said: “That’s definitely not what I meant at all. I know I’m not the only woman to have directed an action film. What I wanted to point out is how good it feels. And I meant that with Viola – to get past those old myths that you hear about…about the chatter that you would hear around this kind of thing. But it was my blunder and it went wrong. I had my nerves talking to a living legend.
In the Variety interview, Davis had shared his excitement for his starring role in Sony The female king, a film she also produced that features a cast of black women. “When have I ever seen anything like The female kingDavis remembers thinking during the development of the project, “Not just with me in it, but with someone who looks like me in it?”
Davis continued, “Which studio is going to put money behind this? How are they going to be convinced that black women can lead a global box office? »
Respond to Davis’ skepticism before doing The female king that a movie like that could ever come to fruition, Lawrence said, “I want to look back at you as the lead of The Woman King. And we’re at, I think it’s 94% on Rotten Tomatoes? Sixty-six million servants. I mean, it’s just… Couldn’t have been more wrong. … It makes me so happy every time I see a movie come out that crosses each of those beliefs and proves that it’s just a lie to keep some people out of movies, to keep some people in the same positions that they have always been busy. It’s just amazing to see this happen and to see you at the helm.
Speaking about how quotes can be misinterpreted or taken out of context by the media, Lawrence said THR“I was once quoted saying that Donald Trump was responsible for the hurricanes. I thought that one was ridiculous, it was so stupid I didn’t need to comment. But this one, I was like, ‘I think I want to clarify.'”
