Jennifer Lawrence Said She Was Put In A ‘Nude Lineup’ Early In Her Career
Appearing at an Elle Women event in Hollywood, Jennifer Lawrence revealed some shocking facts about her early career in Tinsel Town, including that she was basically forced to get naked in front of producers.
“When I was much younger and starting out, I was told by producers of a film to lose 15 pounds in two weeks,” she shared. “[It was] sort of crazy. One girl before me had already been fired for not losing enough weight fast enough. During this time a female producer had me do a nude line-up with about five women who were much, much, thinner than me. We are stood side-by-side with only paste-ons covering our privates.”
She continued: “After that degrading and humiliating lineup, the female producer told me I should use the naked photos of myself as inspiration for my diet… I can laugh now, it’s OK… He asked me to star in a porno as the character, among many other things that are too inappropriate to repeat here in this dress. He said he didn’t know why everyone thought I was so fat, he thought I was ‘perfectly f—kable.’”
“I was trapped, and I can see that now. I didn’t want to be a whistleblower, I didn’t want these embarrassing stories talked about in a magazine, I just wanted a career,” she said. “In all of the sadness, I think it’s been oddly unifying. It’s so fundamental to the female experience to be mistreated and to feel ashamed of it. In a dream world, everyone is treated with the same amount of respect. But until we reach that goal, I will lend my ear, I will lend my voice to any boy, girl, man or woman who does not feel like they can protect themselves. I let myself be treated a certain way because I felt I had to for my career,” she said. “I’m still learning that I don’t have to smile when a man makes me uncomfortable. Every human being should have the power to be treated with respect because they’re human.”
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