Some 'Hunger Games' critics say Jennifer Lawrence was too 'big'

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40. I'd have to see the screenplay and speak to the casting director

I haven't read the book, either, but the book doesn't matter, as the screenplay's adaptation is what guides the movie. If the screenwriter saw the character as extremely rail thin, and if that thinness had to do with the plot (a world where people starve) then I don't think that's an example of obsessing over women's weight in general and a rail thin actress would have made perfect sense. Sometimes thin has an importance other than just an example of treating women like sex objects. We'd also have to know how the casting director tried to follow the script and why the particular actress playing the role was chosen. If the screenplay was specifically ignored, and a more ample-figured actress was chosen, it could be based on a lot of things (how she read the part at the audition, whether she's popular and can help sell the movie, or dare I say the "casting couch", among many other possible factors).