How Jennifer Lawrence Asked Her 'No Hard Feelings' Co-Star to Defer Harvard for Role (Exclusive)

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Jennifer Lawrence at the  premiere in New York City Tuesday, where she revealed how she got her co-star, Andrew Barth Feldman, to defer his studies at Harvard University to take on the role in the raunchy romantic comedy.«I mean, when Andrew left his audition, the door closed and we all looked at each other and we were like, 'That's our — that's Percy,' and then they were like there's one complication, he's supposed to go to Harvard, and we were like, 'Is that a joke?'» Lawrence explained.«He was fully the character, so I called him and said, 'Andrew, I have really bad news you're not gonna be able to finish your semester at Harvard,'» she continued. «He's gonna have to defer, or whatever college school words are.»As for how Feldman felt about putting school on hold, he told ET he couldn't pass up the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to star in the film.«Of course,» He exclaimed when asked if he still stands by the decision. «Harvard is still there.

I can go back, but this movie was once in a lifetime.»He learned a few things from Lawrence too that he couldn't necessarily pick up while at the Ivy League school.«This is an industry I care so much about; this is a movie I care so much about, and from her, I learned how to be kind and do all of this.

How to do all of this and keep a head on my shoulders,» Feldman shared. «Let the, you know, the Jennifer Lawrence of it all — she lets it fade into the background so much.

She's a person first, she's a mother first, she's a friend first and that was a huge, huge thing to learn.»He added, «I think getting a stylist and a publicist and all these things I have no idea how to do.