Jennifer Lawrence: I was treated 'in a way that now we would call abusive'

The star of Hollywood's "The Hunger Games" franchise says she does not put any of her experiences in the same category as those of Harvey Weinstein's alleged victims, but she does remember occasions when men in senior roles in the movie industry would touch her legs and she felt unable to protest.

n 2014, she was one of several celebrities who were hacked and whose personal nude photos were published online, which Lawrence described at the time as a "sex crime."

Lawrence has described feeling "empowered" after shooting a nude scene in her new espionage thriller "Red Sparrow," which she described as "the perfect movie" for the #MeToo age. "I had... a lot of insecurities when it came to sexuality and nudity and my body and I've just been carrying them around for years," she said in an interview, which also featured "Red Sparrow" director Francis Lawrence (no relation). "When I read the script I loved it so much and I thought, if I don't do it... it's almost like all of these insecurities and fears win."

Source: CNN