Jennifer Lawrence Draws Criticism For First Female Action Movie Lead Remarks

[@darren3456]

When you are narcissistic, you forget about the other people who came before you.

[@meonyoutubenow]

Correction: Woke narcissist. 😂😂

[@enzop2835]

Reminds of Rebel Wilson's comment

[@donaldpump3072]

Currently work with one and he's my friend

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

I don't know if she's really narcissistic. She hasn't said much of these things outside of this interview. I think she was probably pushed into making these statements. It really doesn't do her any favors but compared to people like Brie Lawson, this is mild. This just makes it obvious that these people are superficially selling "diversity" and gender.

[@Ethan-wr2os]

@@meonyoutubenow Most "woke" people seem to be entitled narcissists

[@Thepopcornator]

How did she go through that whole list of badass women action stars and miss Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor?

[@ParisVan-Del]

She wasn't the lead.

[@meonyoutubenow]

Are you seriously contesting that Arnold was the lead in Terminator? 🙄

[@J.AlexanderTX]

She wasn’t the lead but yea

[@Thepopcornator]

I mean, I suppose, but he was the villain in the first one, at least.

[@EGarrett01]

The best one is Nikita, which later became Point of No Return in the US. A movie where a man could not have played the role. She was hired as an assassin because no one would expect her, and when she gets caught she finds her own way out without beating 200-pound people up.

[@williamjones3534]

This is what happens when you have a generation born with nothing more than a 10 year year history regarding pop culture. She forgot to mention Lindsey Wagner Bionic Woman

[@everx7]

Yeah but u have internet, a little search putting in Female action movie stars and that grant u quite some

[@williamjones3534]

@@everx7 That's true but only if you know what you're looking for Or the idea to look for something entirely. While it's true we literally have information available at our fingertips the unfortunate side effact of this broadening of communication is people only tend to look for the things that interest them. It's not like before when communications were more tightly controlled like say television and cable where we were exposed whether we wanted to or not to other things. Here is a good example, do you know who the Nicholas brothers are? You probably don't because you were never exposed to them in any way shape or fashion. But if you grew up in the old days of tv 📺 and radio as main source you might have.

[@Pixeldust2512]

She’s talking about movies not TV

[@everx7]

@@Pixeldust2512 I dont think that matters, its the entertainment business, or cinematography if u will and there are both universes included TV and Movies in my opinion. Sure JLaw was talking movies but even in those u have plenty to choose from, Alien, Aliens, Terminator 2, Tombraider, these are only the big names, but there was lesser known Hong Kong action flicks where woman is the main lead. But also u can check out even on the American market that there are more films before the 2012 when Hunger Games was first out. So u see it really makes no difference i think if we type about TV or Movie, the main issue is that there was Female ACTION star lead in many movies before JLaw came along and redeemed the Movie Industry.

[@Pixeldust2512]

@@everx7 she wasn’t talking about tv. It’s like someone making a list of apples and you saying but what about the oranges. They are both fruit but belong on different lists

[@ZPerpetua]

“We can never forget Halle Barry as Cat Woman..” *No matter how hard we try.*

[@thawkereynolds]

Knocking Halle Berry is NEVER OK

[@FluffyBunny9002]

@@thawkereynolds Fair, but if I had to forget one Halle Barry role, it would be Catwoman.

[@willman9567]

She wasn't even worth mentioning. Absolutely all the other women who played the character were phenomenal.

[@enzop2835]

Hahahahah

[@RogueEva]

true :D :D

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

She wasn't even born, when Sigourney weaver was in alien. The original Sci fi queen.

[@TheRealZarp]

I tweeted the same thing. There have been many women, but Sigourney Weaver stands out in many people's minds. She was holding it down as an action league in Aliens LONG before Jennifer Lawerance was a spec.

[@dutube99]

@Jeffrey Price She absolutely was the lead. The Alien is the antagonist.

[@redspiralray2880]

Alien is not an action film, it's sci-fi horror. Aliens is the action film.

[@tubetorpedo]

​@Jeffrey Price _"Ripley wasn't even the lead in Alien. The Alien was...and guess what, she was female as well!"_ Alien was the monster of the movie and also had WAY less screen time than Ripley had. So I had no idea how you define lead actor when creature you mentioned is not even actor but a puppet. It's few and far between when a monster actually feels like actual character instead of force of nature and usually they have actor behind them in those cases, or they are very finely animated/portrayed otherwise so they have more dimensions behind them than one. Creature that occasionally kills someone is rarely worth mentioning in that category.

[@brian7333]

See? Trump-haters like Jennifer Lawrence represent most of the dishonesty in our world...

[@malcognito7210]

Jennifer Lawrence is a legend in her own mind. Total self-absorption.

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

I wouldn't make that claim. While I completely disagree with her statement, I did love the Hunger Games. Her character is great in that, largely due to the book material. But yes the movies made her into a renowned star, and anyone who claims otherwise is disingenuous. She was particularly great when Peeta is nearly killed in the second movie and when her character has to deal with him being brainwashed into hating her. Just because she made a bad statement doesn't mean people need to discredit every aspect about her.

[@theyouth2000]

I imagine her home is filled with portrait of herself.

[@Enoughsnuff]

​@@AmazingKevinWClark Hunger Games are trash. People with the mentality of a 12 year old enjoyed them.

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

@@Enoughsnuff why is that??

[@Enoughsnuff]

@@AmazingKevinWClark There are many reasons. I'll start with terrible writing.

[@unlikeavirgin]

Sigourney Weaver is the best!!! She’s the one who should have an Oscar.

[@brian7333]

See? Trump-haters like Jennifer Lawrence represent most of the dishonesty in our world...

[@MsMickkeyMouse]

@P A omg u are right ! i forgot about Vazquez

[@jagatheeldest5786]

Yes!

[@unlikeavirgin]

@pa3465 Yes, she was but she wasn’t the lead. Don’t forget,Weaver was in four Alien movies. Just sayin’

[@spellonyou7987]

@P A What is so badass about Vasquez ? all she does is just act tough like your typical butch lol. Lack of character depth and acting skill lol.

[@alexanderguevara3673]

I remember when the Bible said that I was the first female ever -Jennifer Lawrence

[@ChazTheYouthful]

Princess Leia holds her own with a blaster. Barbarella has... interesting techniques. Nothing on this planet holds a candle to Ellen Ripley.

[@XhoowieX]

Sarah Connor certainly at least belongs in the conversation with Ripley.

[@brian7333]

See? Trump-haters like Jennifer Lawrence represent most of the dishonesty in our world...

[@Artificial-Insanity]

Jane Fonda was the lead in Barbarella but would you call it an action movie? Maybe though it's just so bizarre it defies classification.

[@moviegirl8648]

@P A Vasquez is my girl for all time!

[@vinyllpreviews9462]

I remember when Jennifer Lawrence broke the color barrier in baseball.

[@1sugarplum971]

✊😔

[@scottjackson638]

She also invented sliced bread. A true visionary.

[@WattWireNet]

How could you forget, she also invented the internet! haha

[@mikekolokowsky]

This gets a “meh”. The producers of Wonder Woman with Gal Godot said they were the first big budget action female lead, too, and it ways years after Hunger Games. Wait a few years, there will be yet another “first” female action lead.

[@Neuzahnstein]

depends on the value of big budget, that is much better to say than no woman before.

[@jaxthedisintegrator8096]

Sure they did not say female super hero ? Like I would understand but hey...

[@Cimlite]

Doesn't excuse it. Her pulling down all the previous women's achievements just to elevate her own is disgusting.

[@hogenmogen8545]

@@Cimlite Did you know that the next election will be "the most important election of our lifetime"? Because it's what they've been saying for decades. Amazing how each one gets even more important, breaking the previous record. The reason WHY is rarely given, but in 2000 it was something having to do with the year ending in a few zeros.

[@trevorthornley8835]

​@@jaxthedisintegrator8096 it wasn't even the first female superhero film. Tank girl, Catwoman, Powerpuff girls movie, Elektra, etc.

[@whybutwhy4137]

Some people don’t understand that this world has been turning a lot longer than they have been alive. Youth is wasted on the young…

[@Muttinchopsforever]

And when we where young we wasted some of that youth learning life .And not listening to sensible older people

[@pamelalansbury94]

She’s not even that young. This was such a dumb statement.

[@brian7333]

See? Trump-haters like Jennifer Lawrence represent most of the dishonesty in our world...

[@Muttinchopsforever]

@@brian7333 who likes trump these days? .

[@brian7333]

@@Muttinchopsforever You just proved my point.

[@TomAnderson7]

I’ve been a fan of Sigourney Weaver in Alien movies ever since I was a kid. I have no problem identifying with female leads.

[@brian7333]

See? Trump-haters like Jennifer Lawrence represent most of the dishonesty in our world...

[@billcarter6007]

Gal Gadot as Wonder woman kicked my favorite hero the Hulk out of the line. They are pretend figures. It could be a ant, fox whatever. No need to identify with what's between the legs for f sake.

[@violencenlc29]

Its all a lie. I guarantee she was told to say that by someone else.

[@brian7333]

@@violencenlc29 Conspiracy theoryyyyyy 😲

[@robertsalfelder8111]

Alien series is my all time favorite horror series

[@TaraConti]

I don’t know what’s crazier, Jennifer’s words or the fact that MSNBC actually recognized reality for once!

[@loommovies]

Charlize Theron in Aeon Flux, Jamie Lee Curtis in Blue Steel, Pam Anderson in Barb Wire, Kathleen Turner V.I. Warshawski, Brigitte Nielsen in Red Sonja are just those who come to my mind quickly.

[@TheDarkarrow7]

Don’t forget Milla Jovovich in The Messager: The Story of Joan of Arc, Ultraviolet and the Resident Evil Saga

[@drfunky2182]

She's obviously been living with this idea in her head for years. That's pretty disrespectful, I imagine many of her fellow actors are reevaluating conversations they had with her. I never saw Hunger Games, and I don't feel like I missed out. Saw all the ones Stephanie mentioned though, they're great.

[@Joker-et2je]

Welcome 🙏🏻 2 Hollywood 😂

[@njones420]

The Hunger-Games movies were pretty good to be fair, but like always, not as good as the books.

[@kjd-s5b]

Hunger Games is just another cliche YA novel with uninteresting characters. There's a reason I still read the Harry Potter books to this day. It's rich with storytelling, it has interesting characters, and it matures with the readers.

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

@@kjd-s5b Harry Potter is super cliche lol. Young kids saving the world with magic... right.

[@kjd-s5b]

@@WhyKZbinWhy Still a better story than most of today's YA novels and Hollywood woke garbage.

[@Sanddreams33]

Mila Jojovich, half a dozen movies - Charlize Theron in Aeon Flux - Angelina Jolie in Salt - Mr & Mrs Smith & Wanted - Charlie's Angels - TV & Movies - Both ladies in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, etc..

[@brian7333]

See? Trump-haters like Jennifer Lawrence represent most of the dishonesty in our world...

[@orkelyssupersaver]

Oh yea adding Aeon Flux to the re-watch list

[@Alteori]

And that list isn't even half of it. How dare Jennifer say that. Just devalued those women lol

[@sperrin]

Pam Grier owes her entire career to Jennifer Lawrence. I mean, Grier was a big female action star in the 70s... before Lawrence was even born. That's how important Jennifer Lawrence is as a female action actress. She influenced people and created the female action star before she was even born!

[@nancysommerdorf9899]

I think you meant to reverse the names......

[@dutube99]

@@nancysommerdorf9899 so you don't recognize sarcasm?

[@nancysommerdorf9899]

@@dutube99 Oh I get it........😆

[@smavtmb2196]

I like Jennifer Lawrence, but What was Jennifer thinking? Stephanie not surprisingly mentioned the first badass female action star I saw in a movie. That was Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Alien 1979 and Aliens 1986 And others have mentioned Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor character from the Terminator franchise. I'm a masculine guy and growing up I loved these very tough and vulnerable female characters. They are relatable to men and women.

[@billcarter6007]

Very relatable for sure. 100 % agree. In fact for me, preferred.

[@billcarter6007]

Well Arnold rocks though

[@joefrommontana252]

Giving yourself a bit too much credit is not just a man thing. It’s a human thing. Simply another example of how women and men much more alike than we are different.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

Claiming to be the first, though? That'd be like a guy claiming to be the first Male Action Movie Lead.

[@brian7333]

See? Trump-haters like Jennifer Lawrence represent most of the dishonesty in our world...

[@joefrommontana252]

@@brian7333 Ha! Good one. Pretty sure you’re lying though. 😂

[@brian7333]

@@joefrommontana252 I tell the truth more than anyone you've ever met. (Did you have to make your statement a gender thing after a) Jennifer already did 😑 and b) The issue now is her ignorant appraisal? And after all the gender-crossing false equivalence, did you have to put out men and women like this?

[@brian7333]

@@CapitanNaufrago Good pt!

[@everx7]

Lucy Lawless (tv show i know, but Xena is epic), Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, Linda Hamilton, Milla Yovovich, Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG1, again tv show but i guess a great one so yeah, and packed with action and her doing it), Zoe Saldana, Jessica Alba (example tv show called Dark Angel, Fantastic Four), Tia Carrere (Relic Hunter, something like modern age Xena :)) and plenty more, maybe only for one or two movies but there are many actresses before her and many more i didnt even mentioned like playing in tv shows only or so, only few that i did, honestly its hard to recall every role a woman played as main protagonist, and so saying it like this makes her an arrogant ignorant individual.

[@mcruz4571]

I never forget the Iconic Buffy a movie and the 7 season tv show, and spinoff+comics.....

[@everx7]

@@mcruz4571 yeah i did watch those :), even the spinoff, at first Buffy was fun, later it was kinda boring, the last few seasons, like i think 2. But the game on PS2 brought me to watching the series and again it was kinda fun at first but later on it was like they have no fresh ideas and at moments it was painful, but all in all 7/10 for me :), please dont hurt me

[@Stef3m]

Why no one mention Nikita?!

[@scotchbarrel4429]

Kate Beckensdale rocks in her movies.

[@stardaggerrihannsu2363]

That's a vampire not a woman.

[@dutube99]

@@stardaggerrihannsu2363 give us a break

[@nolabel1704]

Isn't it Kate Beckinsale?

[@stardaggerrihannsu2363]

@@nolabel1704 She's a vampire IRL.

[@wildmanbeyond]

Don’t forget Cagney and Lacey on TV.

[@boomieboo]

Also, Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor. And what is it about today's feminists that are completely clueless about all the progress/work that came before them? And even worse how they don't feel the need to learn about it? You build upon the shoulders of others. Not by forgetting what was built before you.

[@radiowecs9609]

Millennials and Gen Z seem to think that it doesn't matter if it happened before they were born.

[@Matthew-jf3gd]

Props to the host for correcting Larence's nonsense!

[@yrralyou]

I have seen and heard Lawrence several times on talk shows and I understand how she could make such an uninformed statement.

[@charlietoole8707]

Hattie McDaniel just thanked Viola Davis for breaking down all those acting boundaries that made her career possible. Touching.

[@jagatheeldest5786]

Lol this comment went over so many heads.

[@iBeHampe]

MSNBC leaves reality so often i would have expected them to protect Lawrence’s false feminist victimhood narrative.

[@WakingDreamer01]

Halle Berry's Catwoman was....a pretty terrible movie though. Just sayin'.

[@einheri]

Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hamilton, Uma Thurman, Pam Grier, Lucy Liu, Sandahl Bergman, Brigitte Nielsen . . . off the top of my head in about five seconds, female leads in action films prior to Jennifer Lawrence.

[@innergi5516]

J Law: I'm the first female lead in action film history. Hollywood: Excuse me?! Heres the entire list. Read it & reap.

[@evanpenn1]

What an odd thing to say. How can an actress believe something so silly? And when you go back and see the context, its even worse, because that's exactly what she meant. Its baffling.

[@ARealPersonNotABot]

Gina Davis: _Long Kiss Goodnight_ I don't hear enough about that film, and her performance. Samuel L. Jackson actually said it's his favorite film featuring him. Check it out if you haven't

[@notinkansas4885]

One of my favorites but again you never hear about it!

[@d8ngdel]

💪🏻 Geena Davis! 👉🏼 "The Long Kiss Goodnight" Plus she's (GD) highly educated and with a high IQ to boot versus her (JLaw) a high school dropout, even acknowledges she "did everything" she could to gain entry in Hollywood and yes she's on record a Harvy Weinstein fave damsel. Nothing wrong with that though, but some of your questionable tactics to gain entry to, aka Harvey Weinstein connection then will surely bite back when arrogance and boastfulness succumb you. 😎 Lesson learn, be humble and acknowledge with respect those who ethically and cleanly with just strong work ethics nothing else, paved the ways for you.

[@TH-tl6sy]

Such an amazing film!

[@BassicNerd]

Came here to stump for Davis. :)

[@putinscat1208]

Yes!! That's my first pick. I know Signourey Weaver was in Alien, but she technically wasn't the star of the movie. And I am not sure surviving an alien is action genre.

[@pamelalansbury94]

This is the first movie that came to my mind when I was thinking of a great female action movie

[@buffteethr]

One of my favorite movies. I watched it couple weeks ago for the umpteen time.

[@orkelyssupersaver]

I thought of another 100 just now. Yikes! Nevermind she wasn't even the first one to play Mystique. But I'm glad this controversy reminded me of all these cause it's time to re-watch. I hope she watches them, it'll make her even happier. Also a lot males play females Characters in video games so due to that and other reasons, I don't think the part about boys not identifying with female leads is true. Atleast I would have debated that with whoever was trying to oppress with with those comments. Viola was kind of on auto-agree. This reporter is being smug. Im being argumentative. We all have our faults. Brigitte Nielsen Red Sonja Melanie Griffith in Cherry 2000 Lindsay Wagner the Bionic Woman Cagney and Lacey Charmed Entrapment Catherine Zeta Jones Milla Yovovic Ultraviolet, The Fifth Element, Resident Evil Carrie Ann Moss as Trinity Too many to mention Jennifer Garner (Elektra, Alias) La femme Nikita Buffy the Vamp Slayer Dollhouse Eliza Dushku Etc... There are plenty in both series and movies The Next Karate Kid Hillary Swank

[@keanureeve877]

Hello, orkelys. How are you doing today?

[@orkelyssupersaver]

@@keanureeve877 ecstatic I'm working in a service bay for BMWs and there is a female mechanic here...!!! 🥰by the way loved you in Paula Abdul's Rush Rush video.🥰 how bout you?

[@keanureeve877]

@@orkelyssupersaver thanks for your reply Orkelys Well, I’m a movie celebrity actor Keanu Reeves also know as John wick. Here’s my personal KZbin channel I use to reach out to my fans for their support towards my career when I came across your KZbin channel here. Anyway may I know you more better? Where originally are you writing from?

[@billcarter6007]

Your right The more I read the comments the more I realized in "my mind" men are under representated. And I like it that way. Never like men in tights . Women in battle gear! Ya thats it.

[@ChechiDLR]

XENA Lucy Lawless

[@enigmawstudios4130]

Wow, didn't expect this channel to highlight the truth. Thank you

[@maximeprometheas]

"You can never forget Halle Berry as Catwoman." Maybe, but I'm sure many who watched the movie would like to. :P

[@jessicamacallister9272]

She hasn't seen movies then? Serious Shakespeare wrote female leads. I mean it is so easy to say something like this years after we lost Carrie Fisher.

[@billcarter6007]

Miss her very much

[@jessicamacallister9272]

@@billcarter6007 Me too...not sure that one heals.

[@stormblitz9]

I'm even mad that Viola Davis allowed her to roll with that false claim 😩

[@amazingtrooper5893]

Our late Carrie fisher, Sigourney weaver, and Linda Hamilton are the true queens. What a narcissist

[@joseantoniomillabrito2764]

I'm so glad Jennifer Lawrence invented Journalism on an action movies. The list after this result both hilarious and very enlightening. Thanks, MSNBC!

[@TheGothicdolphin]

Speaking of TV series staring powerful women...As far as ratings, profits, world generational fame; I'd say neglecting to offer recognition to 'Charlie's Angels' is a huge oversights! And among the mentions, Halle Barry was quickly forgotten and was a box office BOMB!

[@Artificial-Insanity]

I'd argue that she wasn't forgotten specifically because the movie was so bad. But it WAS an action movie with a female lead.

[@billliealim]

She’s literally the epitome of pick-me girl

[@alimfuzzy]

Personally I like Ripley.

[@tanisraistlin4934]

Mila Jovovich . Resident Evil, Ultraviolet, The fifth Element, Monster Hunter, The Messenger, Three Musketeers and many more. By all rights she is the best action star that didn't get the support from women like Jennifer . If as many women saw these movies as men did she would be a legend. I know many men that have these movies in their collection. Not many women. She is in the debate of best action hero of all time.

[@d.c.3534]

Yes!!! 👏👏👏 If I had to make a list of best action star, regardless of gender, Mila would make the top 3.

[@oliverburk856]

Pam Grier (Foxy Brown/1974), Sigourny Weaver!! (Alien/1979, Aliens/1986), Linda Hamilton (Terminator/1984, Terminator 2/1991), Geena Davis (Cutthroat Island/1995, Long Kiss Goodnight/1996), Kate Beckinsale (Underworld Series/2003-2016), Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil Series/2002-2016)... The list goes on and on... Oh Jenniferbabe, you are decades too late... 🤣

[@titoizdaman3]

Good job putting her in her place

[@popcornplay7690]

Thank you for calling her out! What she said was very disrespectful to those other women

[@charmingpeasant9834]

"Boys cannot identify to a female lead"🙄 Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft was my hero when i was a boy.

[@Blaiyan]

Started off well. Ended it all wrong.

[@Phil_2007]

Sigourney Weaver is The Sci-Fi Queen and one of, if not the best action stars of all time. An absolute legend.

[@faisalmemon285]

I gotta say man, not dissing Sigourney Weaver, but top goes to Carrie Fisher and second place is Sigourney Weaver.

[@kingbugs3558]

Lori Petty in Tank Girl.

[@njones420]

Good call! Havent seen that in decades...

[@wat146]

Hmm, female action lead. That would be Ripley right? Sarah Conner still had to share with the terminator.

[@wlg2677]

The first woman in an American Action film was black actress Pam Grier in "Foxy Brown" in 1974.

[@moviegirl8648]

She wasn't the first. But she was an action Queen even before Jen was born!

[@wlg2677]

@@moviegirl8648 Do you know who was the first lead actress in an action movie? Not a tv series since I think that in the sixties there were lead actresses in action series. Also lead actress were not uncommon in thrillers like "Wait until Dark" but this were not action movies. I would like to have this corrected if possible.

[@moviegirl8648]

@@wlg2677 I don't know. I was including in my thinking TV shows like Batman and The Avengers which a commenter on another channel mentioned. But hopefully someone else with an encyclopedic knowledge of the movies can enlighten us.

[@greenthumbstrummer]

I've never seen this reporter before but I like her. I think she should be the lead of the next female hero action movie. And where's Sarah Connor on that list?

[@HelennaPierce]

She's become quite entitled that one. Fame doesn't change people, it reveals their true self.

[@vintuitive7627]

Sigourney will always be my role model! Whose Jennifer Lawrence?

[@phunkylemonade9279]

She's the voice of her generation. 🤣

[@Joker-et2je]

Clueless AF 🙄

[@sundaypikachu1844]

Her generation are a bunch of dumb, spoiled brats.

[@AT-jm4dl]

Kathy Lee Crosby was the title character in the 1974 film "Wonder Woman". How about Rachael Welch in "One Million Years B.C." ? "You can never forget Halle Berry as CatWoman." Oh yes, we can. We want to forget; We will forget.

[@StarshipYorktown]

Kathy Lee Crosby... that movie was really a failed TV pilot, and she didn't look like the comic book character.

[@ibnorml]

A point: Jennifer Lawrence was not agreeing with the premise that boys cannot identify with a female lead, she was disagreeing with it.

[@wa-bu3ke]

Cause her movie debunked it

[@olandir]

What's even weirder then JLaw saying that absolute nonsense is that the woman interviewing her nodded her head and agreed. WTF??

[@MainerdLoyd]

That was Viola Davis a actress who was whining about no black women starring in action movies also. They have one card to play and that is the oppressed victim card while dragging bags to heavy to carry all the way to the bank and wiping away their tears with $100.00 bills.

[@steveyj3002]

Another example of being so comfortable speaking without a filter... It's okay to think before you speak especially in public settings and also double checking the information you put out there

[@rigelrae179]

Not to mention Maureen O'Hara as the female swashbuckling lead in 1950s movies like At Sword's Point (as a Musketeer's daughter) and Against All Flags (where she literally plays a pirate captain!).

[@dancolvin3268]

This is how detached and self important actors become.

[@arkadeyellow2931]

Linda Hamilton was tougher than Arnold in T2. And Michelle Yeoh was starring in action movies in Asia long before coming over to star in Crouching Tiger.

[@vandrosia]

Linda Hamilton tougher...maybe...but T2 wouldn't be the blockbuster it was without Arnold.

[@dutube99]

tougher? which is why she ran screaming from him? what are you talking about?

[@arkadeyellow2931]

@@dutube99 Relax! It's just an old movie. Yeesh! I'm just talking. Nobody died!

[@arkadeyellow2931]

@@vandrosia Geez! Relax. She was a strong female character. The movie wouldn't have been the same without her.

[@vandrosia]

@@arkadeyellow2931 I disagree. They could've used any female actress for that role and that movie would still work as long as Arnold was in it. Arnold carried that movie not Hamilton. Granted, she was in the original so it made sense to use her in T2. But her casting wasn't as important as Arnold. Even Cameron admitted that and he was married to her at one point.

[@the180degreerule3]

Previous generations were sitting in the dark waiting for this generation to come out and be first at everything.

[@wildmanbeyond]

What about Cynthia Rothrock? Look her up!!

[@knessing7681]

I love Sigourney Weaver's epic response and thanked Jennifer Lawrence for paving the way for her, hahaha!

[@vmac8200]

She is out there.... She also thinks she was the type of lead those other women even were. She was a lead, but also had Josh and others to make the movies what they were. Sigourney Weaver, and many more to name, have all single handedly carried a movie.

[@gamer_aura]

My mentions: 1. Milla Jovovich in all Resident Evil movies as Alice. 2. Charlize Theron in and As Aeon Flux. 3. Milla Jovovich in Ultraviolet as Violet Song Jat Shariff

[@DRnab1983]

Probably should not mentioned catwoman

[@sclogse1]

WHAT YOU SAY, MAN???.....Two things wrong with Catwoman. The animated scenes on the rooftops were too fast. Thus, looked cartoonish. And licking the milk. Otherwise, the movie was a lot of fun. And NOBODY ever had better skin tones in a movie than Halle Berry. By the way, the soundtrack and titles were great.

[@Mr.White10-65]

Michelle Pfeiffer was a better modern Catwoman, but Julie Newmar was the sexiest.

[@pixel4779]

I was a boy and idolised red Sonya and Xena warrior princess 🤔 Classic echo chamber nonsense. Hollywood victim complex.

[@pichchoco7866]

I remembered Angelina Jolie...

[@AFCompany]

Though the show was much more successful Buffy The Vampire Slayer was a action movie first with a female lead.

[@juliobro1]

Because a lot of what was said in that interview is untrue, and Viola should know; Viola is responsible too for such a shameful interview. They both and Variety owe the audience, and fellow actresses, an apology.

[@dancaboi]

Prometheus had a female lead - it was Bloooody Brilliant!

[@chelseamccue1472]

90's was when the Female action leads blew up in popularity. I like to think it was because of Xena Princess Warrior. That was a classic. DC jumped on board, then Marvel in 2000. Now in the post 2000 Hollywood era, Female action leads are more common than male leads. Its the shock value of a woman actually being physically stronger than a male that people like to see. It's fun.

[@gray41462]

It’s a red letter day for me when I agree with MSNBC on something but point well made

[@WreckingCrewTV1]

“Let’s not forget the main point” whilst bypassing the main point. So much cope for an absolute liar.

[@smokeyrebel5229]

What about resident evil now that movie was pretty good

[@BKent-tb7zo]

Angelina Jolie, Cat Woman, Super woman, Alien, Kate, Uma Thurman, GI Jane, and more. Jennifer is all puffed up about herself.

[@monabonejakon2797]

Gena Rowlands in Gloria (1980) is my favorite strong female lead.

[@boombasett6038]

Yeah... Jennifer doesn't know what she talking about.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Or like most actors, they are more focused on themselves

[@cjoszman5372]

Don't forget such cult classics such as Tank Girl, Barb Wire...

[@MWButland]

I think those would be counter-examples, since both of those movies FAILED at the boxoffice. Each cost around $25 million, and both grossed less than $7 million.

[@moviegirl8648]

@@MWButland So what? They were action pics that had female leads.

[@pay2000]

Linda Carter? Sigourney Weaver? Linda Hamilton? Jane Fonda? Lindsey Wagner? Carrie Fisher? Jamie Lee Curtis? WTF IS SHE SAYING??

[@narrogers1571]

Jennifer Lawrence single handedly ruined the X-MEN franchise.

[@briansan100]

When someone is full of herself, this is what you get.

[@Littletime839]

As a boy I didn't 'identify' with her character in Hunger Games because she spent much of it hiding in a tree and fawning over two love interests 🤮

[@michaelfincham2749]

Brigitti Nielsen ''Red Sonija'' 1985. The only woman in the 80's to stand next to Super Star Arnald Schwarzenegger and look like she belonged there.

[@Lahng_Blackduke]

What about Cynthia Rothrock and Kristy Swanson?

[@PureSparkles22]

Lara Croft!!!!

[@ZRO777]

You know is bad when even MSNBC can't twist the narrative and have to call it out.

[@richardsnodgrass8647]

Barbarella was the first women I ever seen in an action movie back in what the late 60's when I was just a kid. Go figure. Just saying. 🙂

[@Aqquila89]

Barbarella is not an action movie. And Barbarella herself is hilariously incompetent at being an action hero.

[@p.e.m.-rbw_elijah]

Yep, I believe we just witnessed, Jennifer Lawrence being schooled. MSNBC news team, 👍🏾

[@ChiChisWorld]

OK, so she misspoke. Let's not crucify her as if she committed an unforgivable sin. It was a dumb comment though. Also, she said "they" told her which many executives/investors absolutely still believe that female led action films don't bring in as much as men.

[@sergiodabawse]

I wasn’t alive for the premiere of alien movie back then but I did grow up watching Hercules & XENA the warrior princess. Also Milla Jovovich in resident evil movies & ultra violet. There’s been plenty of successful female leads in action movies way before JLaw. WTF is she smoking. I’d like some of that.

[@archabe]

Woah, she going to hear this one for a looooooooooong time.

[@TheAdventureSchmuck]

Sigourney Weaver has left the chat.