Jennifer Lawrence draws criticism over comment about female action heroes

published on Wednesday, in which she mused on the past state of action movies with a female lead.

"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," Lawrence told Davis, who this year starred in her own action-heavy film, "The "Silver Linings Playbook" actress went on to say that it makes her "so happy every single time" she sees a movie that proves...

People on social media were quick to point out, however, that Lawrence was far from the first female action hero, with many tweets referencing Sigourney Weaver in the "Alien" franchise, Linda Hamilton in the "Terminator" movies and Pam Grier in films like "Foxy Brown" -- all of which predate "The Hunger Games" franchise.

"It is untrue that no one had ever put a woman in an action movie before Jennifer Lawrence in 'Hunger Games,'" Franklin Leonard, founder of The Black List, a platform that helps film and TV writers get their screenplays read by influential Hollywood figures, said, responding to a clip of the interview on. "It is absolutely true that Hollywood had and has a real bias against women driven action movies because of this ridiculous belief about who identifies with whom.

Other examples brought to light in comments on Twitter and beyond pointed to Michelle Yeoh in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and other films, Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez in the "Resident Evil" franchise, Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill" and Angelina Jolie in the "Tomb Raider" movies.

So she meant to say it was rare instead of never. Wow let's hang her up.

You could make a movie about the nursery rhyme “Jack and Jill” and someone would offended.

She has no idea what she is talking about.

She’s quite an intellectual giant

No shit.

Socialists like to rewrite history to win arguments.

Only CTV News could provide this garbage . No wonder they are a welfare case .

You can say it, over her incorrect statements.

Just another Hollywood Liberal with a saviour complex thinking far too much of herself.

…Because nobody (especially on Twitter) has ever spoken in generalities, at the sacrifice of nuance, to make their larger point.

Reality:

Must be nice to live in a bubble

lmao

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