Actress Jennifer Lawrence has appeared in many blockbuster films throughout her career, including X-Men and The Hunger Games.
In 2015 and 2016, she ranked among the highest-paid actresses, with her films collectively earning more than $6 billion globally.
During a 2017 interview with Elle, Lawrence candidly shared her degrading and humiliating experiences in Hollywood.
While reflecting on the events surrounding Harvey Weinstein, Lawrence recounted an incident involving an unnamed female producer who asked her and several other women to strip down.
“One girl before me had already been fired for not losing weight quickly enough,” Lawrence explained. “During this time, a female producer had me participate in a nude lineup with about five women who were significantly thinner than me. We stood side by side, with only paste-ons covering our private areas.”
“Following that degrading and humiliating lineup, the female producer suggested that I use the naked photos of myself as motivation for my diet.”
“When I requested to speak with a producer about the unrealistic dieting expectations, he replied that he didn’t understand why everyone thought I was so fat, adding that he thought I was perfectly ‘f*ckable.’”
“I couldn’t have gotten a producer, director, or studio head fired. I allowed myself to be treated in a certain way because I felt it was necessary for my career,” she added.
“I was young and trying to navigate the delicate balance of standing up for myself without being labeled as difficult, which they did call me; I believe the term they used was ‘nightmare.’”
“I didn’t want to be a whistleblower,” she continued.
“I didn’t want these embarrassing stories to be shared in a magazine.”
“I just wanted to have a career.”
After landing the role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games trilogy, she expressed her desire not to have someone who looked “skeletal” portrayed as a body-positive figure.
“I worked out every day because Katniss is strong, but I was determined not to represent the idea that looking skeletal is a positive body image.”
“I refused to let young girls skip dinner just to look like Katniss.”
