Kirstin Says: Critics Are Nuts! Jennifer Lawrence Was Not ‘Too Fat’ For …
It’s unbelievable to me people are complaining about Jennifer Lawrence’s body size after she did such a remarkable job portraying Katniss Everdeen in ‘The Hunger Games!’ It’s trivial and useless to even point that out!
Some of the country’s most-read critics — including ones from the New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter — have gone on record commenting on Jennifer Lawrence‘s normal-sized figure in The Hunger Games and how she doesn’t fit Katniss Everdeen’s skinny body type. Not only are these comments inappropriate, they are detrimental to any advances the 21-year-old actress has made in helping girls with body dysmorphia!
“A few years ago Ms. Lawrence might have looked hungry enough to play Katniss, but now, at 21, her seductive, womanly figure makes a bad fit for a dystopian fantasy about a people starved into submission,” Manohla Dargis wrote in the Times.
Her sentiment was echoed by Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter, who referred to Jennifer’s “lingering baby fat.”
Although I find it catty to comment on the talented actress’s weight at all, these highly influential writers could have reworded their thoughts and said “although Jennifer didn’t fit the physical description of Suzanne Collins‘s character…” and we would have gotten the point.
Yes, Katniss comes from a poor district. Yes, she is described as painfully thin. No, Jennifer isn’t a rail. But let’s be honest: did it really affect the storytelling in any capacity? No.
A writer on the site BlissTree, Briana Rognlin, was also upset about the Jennifer body controversy and made a point that struck a chord with me. ”When female characters are meant to be ugly, old or fat, we’ll easily ignore discrepancies (because who would want to actually hire an actress who’s any of those things?),” she said. “But if a character is meant to be emaciated or sick, we feel conned if she hasn’t made herself those things in real life.”
People are hyper-focusing on a small detail, which is doing more harm than good. There’s nothing constructive about calling Jennifer “thick” or “too normal” at this point. News flash: she was already cast; the film has already been shot and we’ve all already seen it. It’s not like Lionsgate is going to pick up the phone, call her and demand she drop 20 pounds so she can finally look how Katniss is supposed to in book one. Get over it already.
The best part? Jennifer knows she’s not a runway model and totally owns it. In fact, she embraces it.
“I’m totally normal. You see these 12 and 13 year olds ordering salads with dressing on the side and thinking they need to be on a diet,” she told UK Marie Claire. “I do want the stick-thin trend to end.”
Jennifer, we need more young actresses as level-headed and healthy as you. Keep up the good work.
Yours in “normal” solidarity,
Kirstin
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Too fat?
The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence has claimed that some fans of Suzanne Collins’ novels were unhappy with her involvement in the film adaptation.
Jennifer, who plays Katniss Everdeen in the movie, said that people considered her “too fat, too pretty and too blonde” for the part. She said: “I didn’t know until the interviewers told me that all the fans were pi**ed because I was blonde. Then I was like, ‘What? Damn, I’ll just dye my hair’.
“It was great to lose weight because it was unintentional. I didn’t go to the gym once. It was just a really physical movie. I actually ate more on that movie than I ever have on any other because it was non-stop and physical and I needed energy. It happened very naturally with all the training. It was hard to keep weight on for continuity. I ate a ton. Any picture you see of me from that set, I’m probably eating.”
There’s a reason why the word “hunger” is in the title, geddit?
The 21-year-old added: “It was intense. I had training about three times a day for a few months. Then, once we started working, I had to have the training just for endurance because it was so many hours. “I mean, if there’s a scene of me running up a mountain, that’s what we shot all day – me running up a mountain. I had about six weeks of archery. It was brand new to me and I loved it. I think I’m good at shooting arrows now – and I can skin a squirrel!”
The Hunger Games has already achieved the third-highest US opening weekend of all time behind The Dark Knight and Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part Two.
Well, the leading lady of the highest grossing film of all time – Titanic – Kate Winslet, was considered too fat for a heroine too, but it is still making money as Titanic 3D just opened and is doing brisk business at the box office.
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Lawrence Was ‘Too Fat & Too Blonde’ For Hunger Games
Jennifer reveals she dyed her hair trained hard to be Katniss…
The Hunger Games leading lady Jennifer Lawrence has revealed fans of Suzanne Collins‘ hit novels thought she was “too fat, too pretty and too blonde” to play heroine Katniss Everdeen.
During an interview with The Sun, Lawrence confessed that she had to endure months of training to transform herself into Everdeen after she was heavily criticised when landing the role.
The 21-year old explained: “I didn’t know until the interviewers told me that all the fans were p****d because I was blonde. Then I was like, ‘What? Damn, I’ll just dye my hair’.
Speaking of her training, Lawrence continued: “It was intense. I had training about three times a day for a few months. Then, once we started working, I had to have the training just for endurance because it was so many hours.
“I mean, if there’s a scene of me running up a mountain, that’s what we shot all day – me running up a mountain. I had about six weeks of archery. It was brand new to me and I loved it. I think I’m good at shooting arrows now — and I can skin a squirrel!”
Jennifer – who is currently dating British actor Nicholas Hoult – continued: “It was great to lose weight because it was unintentional. I didn’t go to the gym once. It was just a really physical movie.
“I actually ate more on that movie than I ever have on any other because it was non-stop and physical and I needed energy. It happened very naturally with all the training. It was hard to keep weight on for continuity.”
It seems all of Lawrence’s work has paid off after The Hunger Games took a whopping $155million at the US box office in its opening weekend, making it the third biggest total ever behind Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Batman: The Dark Knight.
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