Commentary on Jennifer Lawrence's controversial film

Actress Jennifer Lawrence on Thursday sought to clarify a controversial comment she made earlier this week regarding female-led action movies. 

In a video interview published Wednesday in Variety Lawrence told fellow actress Viola Davis that I remember when I was doing The Hunger Games 

So nobody had ever cast a woman in the lead role in an action movie 

Lawrence said she wanted to blow past old myths that have plagued the film and TV industry, specifically regarding gender bias in Hollywood.  

Franklin Leonard founder of The Black List an annual survey of Hollywood's hottest screenwriters, called Lawrence's comments untrue 

But also noted a real bias against action films driven by women 

But also noted a real bias against action films driven by women 

Leonard tweeted It's untrue that no one had cast a woman in an action movie before Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games. 

It's absolutely true that there was a real bias in Hollywood against action movies driven by women.