Jennifer Lawrence Reveals Why She Decided To Make Her Comedy Debut

In a saner world, we would have already had a dozen Jennifer Lawrence comedies.

, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman, may seem absurd, there is some truth to it. In the movie, Lawrence plays Maddie Barker, who is on the brink of losing her home. This is when she finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy Becker (Feldman), out of his shell before college.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Can an R-rated comedy that draws big laughs still bring in outsized ticket sales at the box office? Jennifer Lawrence’s “No Hard Feelings” will put that question to the test as the raunchy funny film opens over the weekend in 3,000 North American theaters, where it’s expected to earn a tepid $12 million in its debut. That’s not a terrible result at a time in which theatrical comedies, especially of the R-rated variety, have become something of endangered species. But it also wouldn’t be a great start considering its star power, $45 million budget and prime June release date. Earlier this year, Universal’s wild R-rated “Cocaine Bear” opened to $23.2 million — and (with all due respect to the drugged-up grizzly) that film wasn’t headlined by one of the biggest names in Hollywood.

Jennifer Lawrence is at the place in her career where she can do, basically, whatever project she wants. Whether it’s an indie drama that she produces, such as “Causeway,” or a raunch R-rated comedy like “No Hard Feelings,” Lawrence is really able to flex whatever acting muscles she wants.

More than a year after their son’s birth, Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney have started talking about expanding their family again.

Jennifer Lawrence is clarifying a story she told.

from Loewe’s autumn/winter 2023 collection, she's all about muted tones on the red carpet right now. And J.Law’s latest looks are in keeping with this theme: she just wore two all-white looks in one day.At the New York premiere of her latest rom-com, , the actor wore an ivory off-the-shoulder dress from Dior’s pre-fall 2023 collection, which showed in Mumbai earlier this year.

After her return to the world of character-driven indie cinema last year with the drama “Causeway,” which she also produced, it seemed Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence had found her way back to the kind of grounded cinema on which she cut her teeth. Yet her latest film as star-producer, “No Hard Feelings,” directed by Gene Stupnitsky (“Good Boys, “Bad Teacher”), is about as hard a pivot as is cinematically possible.

Jennifer Lawrence‘s mom did not sell her used toilet on Craigslist. After Lawrence gave an interview in which she said that her mom, Karen, sold her toilet to writer Lee Eisenberg via the online platform, she clarified the story to ET’s Rachel Smith.

What starts out looking like it wants to be a gross-out comedy in the Porky’s vein eventually, and more gratifyingly, heads closer to The Graduate territory in No Hard Feelings.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In recent years, as the romantic comedy has done a slow fade-out from the big screen, it often seems to have taken sex right along with it. Maybe that accounts for the extraordinary interest sparked by the trailer for — and media coverage of — “No Hard Feelings,” a sort of romantic comedy about a 32-year-old out-of-work Uber driver, played by Jennifer Lawrence, who gets involved with a gawky 19-year-old virgin geek who’s about to enter Princeton. There’s been some moralistic pearl-clutching over the trailer, though probably for the very same reason that the movie could connect: It looks a little pervy. Yet when you see “No Hard Feelings,” you realize that the film’s promise of risky business is little more than a big tease.

Jennifer Lawrence thinks it's hard to make a comedy "where you're not offending people". The 32-year-old actress stars alongside Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, and Matthew Broderick in the new coming-of-age rom-com 'No Hard Feelings', and Jennifer has predicted that "everyone" will be offended by the movie in one way or another. The award-winning star told Sky News: "I think it's time for just a good old-fashioned laugh.

Naman Ramachandran Oscar-winning actor Jennifer Lawrence is gunning for the laughs in raunchy comedy “No Hard Feelings.” “I think it’s time for a good old-fashioned laugh and it really is hard to make a comedy where you’re not offending people,” Lawrence told Sky News on Wednesday. “Everybody in some sense will be offended by this film — you’re welcome.” In the film, which is rated R in the U.S. and 15 in the U.K., Lawrence stars as a Montauk Uber driver facing bankruptcy who accepts a Craigslist ad to date and seduce an awkward 19-year-old (Andrew Barth Feldman) whose helicopter parents don’t want him leaving for college as a virgin.

Jennifer Lawrence jokes around with Andrew Barth Feldman at the premiere of their new film, No Hard Feelings, in NYC.

Jennifer Lawrence's mom did not sell her used toilet on Craigslist. After Lawrence gave an interview in which she said that her mom, Karen, sold her toilet to writer Lee Eisenberg via the online platform, she clarified the story to ET's Rachel Smith.«I ended up getting it backward,» Lawrence, 32, told ET at the Tuesday premiere of her new film,. «My mom bought Lee's toilet.

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.

Bob Odenkirk is eagerly awaiting the Emmy nominations. ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the 60-year-old actor at the premiere of on Tuesday, and he opened up about his hopes for 's Emmy chances for its final season.«Oh my God, listen, a nomination would be everything,» Odenkirk told ET.

She’s stumbled into a new career path.Dramatic actress Jennifer Lawrence was “born to do hard R comedies,” Cameron Diaz assures her in the latest issue of Interview Magazine. “It might be your sweet spot.”Lawrence, the mag’s summer cover star, gets down and dirty with the “Bad Teacher” actress as they lament the lack of “laugh-out-loud funny” flicks ahead of the Friday release of Lawrence’s raunchy comedy “No Hard Feelings.”“We just need the laugh right now, because we’re living in a nightmare,” Lawrence, 32, admits in the interview.In “No Hard Feelings,” Lawrence plays a financially struggling Uber driver who “dates” an awkward teenager at the behest of his parents, who offer her a Buick Regal.“Whatever I was feeling while making that movie, if that’s my sweet spot, then I don’t ever want to do anything else,” the Oscar winner told Diaz, who could be considered a raunchy comedy icon herself with roles in “Sex Tape” and “There’s Something About Mary.”Lawrence, on the other hand, is historically a heroine.

Jennifer Lawrence sat down for a new interview where she spoke out about a variety of topics.

, is making a bold return to an ultra-fitted style of the menswear classic. On June 19, the No Hard Feelings actor stepped out in New York City in a shrunken, single-button black blazer, which she wore over a shimmery sheer jumpsuit in the lightest possible shade of pastel pink by Giorgio Armani Privé. The sparkly one-piece's extreme wide leg silhouette provided a chic contrast to the form-fitting jacket, which provides a little modest coverage over the see-through bodice. Lawrence completed the look with a pair of black sandals, pearl drop earrings, and classic shades.

Jennifer Lawrence has her own real-life connection to Craigslist.