Jennifer Lawrence inMother!(2017).Photo: Paramount Pictures
The Oscar winner starred as the titular nameless protagonist in the 2017 thriller fromBlack SwandirectorDarren Aronofskywith a cast that included Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Harris.
While onWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenon Monday, Lawrence, 32, host Cohen, 55, asked the star, “On a scale of 1 to totally confused, how much did you understand your filmMother!?”
“I’m going to be honest,” she replied. “Well, I was sleeping with the director, so I had CliffsNotes. So … 5? Or a 4. But if anybody needs any tips on understanding their films, you know what to do!”
“F— the director?” Cohen joked. TheNo Hard Feelingsactress responded, “Yeah!”
Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky.Taylor Hill/Getty
InMother!,Lawrence plays a woman nesting a quiet life in a country home with Bardem’s character, a writer who welcomes strangers into the house. The houseguests and a series of escalating events soon threaten Mother’s peaceful life.
Lawrence triedexplaining the plot of the movietoDeadlineback in 2017, saying, “The most important thing to know about this film before seeing it is that it’s all allegory.”
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Jennifer Lawrence on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.Charles Sykes/Bravo
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The intense requirements of the role proved to be unlike anything Lawrence had done before.
“I never lose myself in a movie. This is the only time I’ve lost myself. I couldn’t tell my body that none of it was real. I kept on hyperventilating,” she said.
Lawrence also described Aronofsky as a “very specific” director when he works, adding that she is proud ofMother!
“Every time you make a movie you hope everyone likes it. It’s your only thought. That never crossed our minds,” she said at the time. “It’s an assault. I think it’s necessary. I’m proud of us, I’m proud of Darren, and I’m proud of banding together to deliver something we believe in.”
source: people.com
