is not someone who gets intimidated easily, but she’s a wreck when meeting Viola Davis. “This is the biggest honor of my life,” she says before paying her a heartfelt compliment. “Your performance in ‘Fences’ changed my life,” she says of Davis’ Oscar-winning role opposite Denzel Washington.
In the past decade, Lawrence and Davis have changed the face of movies, each in her own way. Today, though, coming together to talk about their craft, they realize just how much they share. From stories about the highs and lows of motherhood to taking on an industry that believes male actors are a more valuable commodity at the box office, Davis and Lawrence are trailblazers who stand at the top of their field.
This year, both actors return to the awards conversation in passion projects they also produced. With “The Woman King,” Davis “did the weight training five hours a day, six days a week, for three months at 56” in order to play Nanisca, the leader of a group of all-female warriors in 1823 West Africa. For Lawrence, “Causeway,” in which she plays Lynsey, a soldier who comes home to New Orleans after suffering a traumatic brain injury, represents a return to her indie roots.
And, listen, it’s wonderful to sit with you. Because I see us as sort of the same type of actress, in a way. We don’t look alike, I know that. But I feel that what you bring to your performances is exactly what an actor is supposed to bring, which is life. Which is the depth of human experience, the minutiae of it, the joy of it, the tragedy of it, the paradox and contradiction of it in every moment. And that’s what you’re supposed to do as an actress.
In “Hunger Games,” it was an awesome responsibility. 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?” Along with me being young and growing and not able to be on a diet, I don’t know if I want all of the girls who are going to dress up as Katniss to feel like they can’t because they’re not a certain weight.
A better interview is the new Pam Grier podcast. The real first female action star.
It is a movie about a tribe that sold it's own race into slavery. Read a book.
I remember hearing that Lawrence was the first woman, or something 🙄
Viola must be so thankful Jen paved the way for her 😂
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Imagine making a movie about the naz*i and glorifying them, that's what 'woman king' is
And if she’d been interviewed by Jared Leto, she’d have blown smoke up his ass and told him Morbius was her favourite film of the year. 😂
hollywood is so disgusting to me anymore 🤢🤮🤮🤮.
Jennifer is an incredible success case of someone is living in Jupiter, came to the earth and speak bullshit. Congratulations!!!
Cringe interview
oof. Big L.
That's a hollow compliment considering her vast knowledge of women in cinema I don't think Jennifer has watched very many movies.
Why did you nuke this tweet🤣🤣
What if u spread your legs for a fat disgusting pig to get your fame !!!
The arrogance on display here is disgusting
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Why did you delete the tweet?
There’s not sounding articulate, then there’s sounding ignorant of anything that happened before you were born.
This is just a chef’s kiss of a follow up to JLaw’s “first female action movie” pull quote.
Ahhhh…going for a different headline…
Hmmm . . .
Nobody? Pam Grier would beg to differ.
Setting her up w this sound bite sigh
Tomb raider Angelina jolie
The first resident evil came out in 2002, the first underworld came out in 2003, aeon flux came out in 2005! What is she talking about!!
Aliens did it in 1986, didn't it?
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