Jennifer Lawrence is an immensely talented and gorgeous actress in the entertainment industry. The Academy Award-winner has worked in numerous noteworthy films in her career to date. Some of her hit films include The Hunger Games, X-Men, Passengers, Red Sparrow, and others. The actress has worked with numerous A-listers in her career span, however, there is one actor who almost made her forget her lines.
Lawrence worked in a psychological horror film Mother, where she got the chance to work with Michelle Pfeiffer. Causeway actress was stunned to see the performance of the star.
Jennifer Lawrence was mesmerized by the eyes of Michelle Pfeiffer
In an interview with Vogue Australia, the actress Jennifer Lawrence opened up on her experience working in the horror film Mother. The star was particularly intrigued by the performance of actress Michelle Pfeiffer, who played the character of Woman who arrives at Lawrence’s house.
Talking about her initial thought of being face-to-face with the actress, Lawrence shared,
“I was blown away, I was so happy. I’ve been a fan of hers forever and have met her. I was just so happy she’s so nice so normal, incredibly talented.”
She explained her experience of working with her in the film,
“I think this is her best performance and just stunning to look at. I kind of had to stop myself from like cheekbones staring it right off. She was doing a scene where she was coming towards me and I was looking into her eyes, and I forgot my line. It was in different colors, it’s crazy, like the Caribbean.”
Mother released in 2017 and grossed $44.5 million worldwide against its $30 million budget.
Jennifer Lawrence took three days to muster the courage to talk to Michelle Pfeiffer
Silver Lining Playbook lead Jennifer Lawrence shared in her interview with Vanity Fair about feeling intimidated by her co-star for Mother. The actress was awestruck by the beauty of Scarface actress Michelle Pfeiffer. The actress revealed it took her three days to muster the courage to introduce herself to the diva.
Lawrence recalled,
“It took me three days to just get over her beauty, just to go up to her and say, ‘Hi.’ She’s just the most beautiful woman ever. And then there is Penelope Cruz, who visited Javier on set. I was just like, ‘Is there a room where I can just go hang myself?’ [Michelle] was just incredible and then when she started acting. . she brought so much. I think this is her greatest role.”
Jennifer Lawrence also talked about her character in the film,
“The character is really different than anything I had ever done, so I tried to find this new part of myself that I didn’t even know I had. I didn’t know I could be vulnerable. As the film goes on, more and more was demanded of me, and it was exhausting and dark.”
She also shared that she used to listen to music to distract her mind from the intense theme of the film. She shared,
“I would do a scene and then listen to Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town,’” Lawrence laughed. “Afterwards, Darren would come up to me with a note, and I’d be singing, ‘Santa Claus.’”
Mother is available for streaming on Apple TV.
Source- Vogue Australia and Vanity Fair
