Jennifer Lawrence Calls Out Bryan Singer For 'Toxic Masculinity'

Jennifer Lawrence isnt holding back when it comes to troubling experiences shes had with toxic masculinity in Hollywood, namely in her time working with director Bryan Singer .

Appearing at a roundtable event organized by The Hollywood Reporter last week, Lawrence spoke about her latest film, Causeway, an AppleTV+ drama about a soldier readjusting to her life in New Orleans after sustaining a severe brain injury in Afghanistan.

The actor praised the working environment fostered by director Lila Neugebauer , calling her one of the calmest, best decision-makers Ive ever worked with, and said any on-set disagreements between the cast and crew were settled amicably.

It was incredible to not be around toxic masculinity. To get a little break from it, Lawrence said. And it did always just make us laugh about how we ended up with, Women shouldnt be in roles like this because were so emotional. I mean, Ive worked with Bryan Singer. Ive seen emotional men. Ive seen the biggest hissy fits thrown on set.

I absolutely love working with female directors, she added.

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Jennifer Lawrence on the pervasiveness of toxic masculinity in Hollywood, and why she loves working with women directors #THRRoundtable pic.twitter.com/B2M6Aw15iG
The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 16, 2022

Singer, who directed Lawrence in three X-Men films, has kept a low profile after being accused of sexual misconduct and assault by at least four underage boys. Many of the claims came to light as part of a lengthy 2019 investigation by The Atlantic that Singer later called a homophobic smear piece.

Months after the articles publication, Singer agreed to pay $150,000 to one of the accusers to resolve the assault claim. He maintained his innocence through an attorney, however, and called the decision purely a business one in a statement to Variety .

Lawrence, an Oscar winner for 2012s Silver Linings Playbook, isnt the first Hollywood A-lister to look back on her time with Singer in a less-than-favorable way. Bryans not the easiest dude to work with, Halle Berry told Variety in 2020. I would sometimes be very angry with him. I got into a few fights with him, said a few cuss words out of sheer frustration.

Rami Malek, who worked with Singer on the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, felt similarly. In my situation with Bryan, it was not pleasant, he told Vanity Fair in 2019. Not at all.

If Lawrence has her way, more female-directed films will be in her future.

There were no huge fights, she told The Hollywood Reporter of her time working on her new film. We disagreed, and we listened to each other. Sometimes I was wrong and would learn that I was wrong, and sometimes I was right.