Jennifer Lawrence, the star of the upcoming X-Men movie prequel; X-Men: First Class has revealed, in an interview with Parade, that she wants to be seen as a positive role model when she plays Mystique in the upcoming superhero spectacular.

In the interview, Lawrence explained that she didn’t want to slim down for the role of shapeshifter; Mystique, preferring instead to maintain her curvy physique…

“When I got the part [of Mystique] and knew I had to be naked, I didn’t want to look like a pre-pubescent 13-year old boy. I wanted to look like a woman so I knew I wanted to maintain my curves.

I’m so sick of seeing these skinny little women and thinking I’m supposed to look like that and thinking young girls think they should also look like that. But of course there was working out; I had a trainer and I had a nutritionist. I worked out for two hours a day for seven days a week.”

She then added that she did have concerns that her intensive training schedule would cause her to lose too much weight…

“I thought when I started doing it, ‘Oh my god, I’m going to be so skinny’. But I ended up bulking up a little bit.

I was basically on the Hugh Jackman Wolverine diet and doing pull-ups. As soon as I stopped, I think I lost like 5 pounds in 4 days. I think when I see the movie I’m going to look like a freaking marine or something.”

Photo courtesy of comicbookmovie.com

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