{"id":201240,"date":"2025-12-20T03:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/201240\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T03:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:07:08","slug":"jennifer-lawrence-and-cynthia-erivo-discuss-the-bechdel-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/201240\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lawrence and Cynthia Erivo Discuss the Bechdel Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Erivo does care about the Bechdel Test.
\n Photo: The Hollywood Reporter\/Youtube\n <\/p>\n

You know what passes the Bechdel Test? A group conversation with various actresses about the Bechdel Test. Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love<\/a>) brought up the famous metric at the 2025 Hollywood Reporter Actress Roundtable, after interviewer Seija Reinkin asked about the strength of current female characters. \u201cDo you care if [the script] passes the Bechdel Test?\u201d Lawrence asked her fellow roundtable attendee Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good<\/a>), referring to the representation benchmark originated by cartoonist Alison Bechdel in a 1985 comic<\/a>. \u201cYou know what?\u201d Erivo responded. \u201cI didn\u2019t care. But now I do.\u201d \u201cYeah,\u201d Lawrence responded with a giggle of agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always like, \u2018How much is she speaking?\u201d Erivo continued. \u201cAnd what is she saying when she does speak? Because, I don\u2019t know that you can tell a story if she\u2019s silent only. We can all speak with our eyes, of course, and I love when we can, but conversation is conversation. And so I think I do. That\u2019s a great question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, Renate Reinsve, the Norwegian actress who starred in Joachim Trier\u2019s Sentimental Value<\/a>, chimed in with admitted confusion. \u201cWhat\u2019s the word, Backdel Test?\u201d she asked. \u201cI haven\u2019t heard it before.\u201d That gave Lawrence an opportunity to explain in her own terms: \u201cYou know, how often does the female character speak? And when she speaks, are they still speaking about the male character? The Wizard of Oz famously passes the Bechdel Test.\u201d And so does this conversation!<\/p>\n

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