--- title: Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Trailer: Comic-Con Jennifer Lawrence description: "Once you get to a certain place, people will hire you," she said at Comic Con canonical: https://time.com/3951388/jennifer-lawrence-comic-con-body-image/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-09T21:52:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:34.863Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Trailer: Comic-Con Jennifer Lawrence og:description: "Once you get to a certain place, people will hire you," she said at Comic Con og:url: https://time.com/3951388/jennifer-lawrence-comic-con-body-image/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5178ab659e571e4/69885a5235ba6f66c7c0e203/gettyimages-480091366.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GettyImages-480091366 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Trailer: Comic-Con Jennifer Lawrence twitter:description: "Once you get to a certain place, people will hire you," she said at Comic Con twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5178ab659e571e4/69885a5235ba6f66c7c0e203/gettyimages-480091366.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Lawrence on Why Hollywood Has Finally Shut Up About Her Body ## Video: Kick-Ass Moments From TIME's Favorite Teen Heroines [Watch (HLS stream): Kick-Ass Moments From TIME's Favorite Teen Heroines](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0RVJ59iK.m3u8) (1:52)  _Published 2013-11-19. From Hairspray's Tracy Turnblad to Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, these teen heroines face the world with strength and spunk._  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 9, 2015 9:52 PM CUT  Jennifer Lawrence speaks onstage at the "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" panel during Comic-Con International 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center on July 9, 2015 in San Diego, California. Jennifer Lawrence speaks onstage at the "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" panel during Comic-Con International 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center on July 9, 2015 in San Diego, California.Albert L. Ortega—2015 Albert L. Ortega  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 9, 2015 9:52 PM CUT Hollywood may finally be done body shaming Jennifer Lawrence. The _Hunger Games_ star has spoken out [about how she was told to lose weight for roles](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/04/jennifer-lawrence-reveals-she-was-told-to-diet-or-get-fired/ "undefined"); she often, too, gets attention for talking about her eating habits on the red carpet. But, as the star reflected during a San Diego Comic Con press event, she may finally be famous enough that the industry won’t criticize her anymore. When a journalist asked Lawrence whether she thought she would continue to get robust roles after the final installment in the _Hunger Games_ series, _Mockingjay – Part 2_, premiered, the actress said she hoped so. At a panel earlier in the day, her male cast members joked that at 24, Jennifer Lawrence was an old lady by Hollywood standards—calling into question her continued ability to nab action hero roles . “Um—well that’s risky,” the infamously candid star said, catching herself before she answered the question. “I’m trying this new thing where I have a filter. And right now I’m dancing on, well, this could blow people’s hair back—in a good way—or it could also be my last time at Comic-Con.” She went on that she thinks that more roles—and more interesting roles—are available to women in Hollywood now than they used to be. “I would hope that there are more opportunities for women,” she said. She then turned the conversation to body image: “I had a conversation with somebody about the struggles with weight in the industry—I know that’s something I talk nonstop about. And they were saying, ‘All of the main movie stars aren’t very underweight.’ I said, ‘Yeah, because once you get to a certain place, people will hire you. They just want you to be in the movie, so they don’t care.'” “It’s more about the struggle for actors and actresses who have not made it to a certain place, and there’s a lot of pressure,” she said, admitting that she’s at a point in her career where she doesn’t encounter criticisms of her body as often as she did before she starred in both the _Hunger Games_ and _X-Men_ franchises. ### See Jennifer Lawrence in Exclusive Hunger Games Portraits  Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen Tim Palen  Jena Malone as Johanna Mason Tim Palen  Willow Shields as Primrose Everdeen and Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen Tim Palen  Natalie Dormer as Cressida and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne Tim Palen  Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy Tim Palen  Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket Tim Palen  Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair Tim Palen  Natalie Dormer as Cressida Tim Palen ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3951388/jennifer-lawrence-comic-con-body-image/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3951388/jennifer-lawrence-comic-con-body-image/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence on Why Hollywood Has Finally Shut Up About Her Body","datePublished":"2015-07-09T21:52:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:34.863Z","description":"\"Once you get to a certain place, people will hire you,\" she said at Comic Con","url":"https://time.com/3951388/jennifer-lawrence-comic-con-body-image/","keywords":["celebrities","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5178ab659e571e4/69885a5235ba6f66c7c0e203/gettyimages-480091366.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5178ab659e571e4/69885a5235ba6f66c7c0e203/gettyimages-480091366.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-480091366","caption":"speaks onstage at the \"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2\" panel during Comic-Con International 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center on July 9, 2015 in San Diego, California.","creditText":"Albert L. 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