Mockingjay madness shall soon arrive. Jennifer Lawrence will be everywhere, so settle in for a few weeks. Katniss covers the December issue of Empire (no interview yet). Us Weekly reveals that Mockingjay: Part I cost $250 million to make, which qualifies it as one of the most expensive productions ever. Panem was filmed in three different cities, and the film hired 400 extras and a few Oscar winners. Plus all those special effects. Oh, and Philip Seymour Hoffman will not appear in hologram form as previously rumored. All his scenes are the real deal.
Something weird: This franchise is such a phenom that a Hunger Games stage show will happen. I don’t know how they’re going to pull that off. The newest film should do enormous business, and the world premiere will be held Monday in London. The Mail says Martin Lawrence is indeed consciously re-coupled, and Chris will accompany JLaw to the premiere. He will not walk the red carpet of course (he should make an exception – Goop would lose her mind).
Jennifer also covers the December issue of France’s Madame Figaro. She’s dressed in Dior for the whole shoot. Here are some excerpts:
On Katniss: “Katniss, and I, are similar: we live in the countryside, we have to fight to survive in a foreign environment. Katniss has to literally kill to survive, which fortunately is not the case with me! After the events in Catching Fire, she is suffering from post-traumatic stress. In Mockingjay, she is so vulnerable that she must rebuild herself. It was interesting and exciting to grow with her, facing such exceptional circumstances, like when I was learning my craft in Hollywood, where everything was happening at breakneck speed.”
On super fame: “I hesitated for three long days before accepting The Hunger Games. I dreamed of independent films. I was afraid of being identified as such a prominent character for young people. At 20, you’re rarely faced with a decision that will have such an impact on your future. I wasn’t sure about wanting this life. But I was afraid of one day regretting missing this opportunity. Since then, I realised that anything I do, at any level, would cause me to lose a part of my private life.”
On social media: “It does not interest me for a second! I always had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do: acting, that’s all. Unfortunately I can’t control my presence in the tabloids. For each ‘candid’ photo published in these magazines, I usually spent three hours playing cat and mouse with photographers. Of course, by contract, I have to have a presence in the media promoting my work. But if I had the choice, you would only see me in the movies.”
Why she chose Dior: “I hated my first dresses for red carpets, because I never felt comfortable in these glamorous dresses. In Louisville, when I was a child, I inherited clothes my two older brothers that my mother unearthed in yard sales. I was a tomboy. It is only recently that I discovered the beauty of high fashion and big houses. The first Dior Raf Simons show I attended I was blown away. Suddenly, I wanted to look like the definition of women wearing these pieces of art.”
Her purse style: “I have a huge purse, nicknamed “the ship admiral “, that i tote everywhere and in which there is really everything! My basics? The pacifiers of my nephews, memories of my last babysitting that I can’t seem to throw away, my portfolio, my passport, my phone, and a collection of lip balm and pens; since they always fall to the bottom, I forgot and I keep them without judgment.”
Her ideal man: “Someone who is capable of being consistent. Otherwise, I might as well stay single!”
[From Madame Figaro]
The Dior quotes are amusing because I’ve suspected that JLaw only signed on so she’d never have to worry about making red-carpet decisions. But being a Dior ambassador only requires more public appearances, which increases her fame level more than being Katniss does. She hates the paparazzi so much that she flips them off in creative ways. I couldn’t begin to understand how it feels to be chased by the paps. It does feel like JLaw does spend a lot of time complaining about them (though her true sentiment in this interview may have been lost in translation). I completely empathize with her loss of privacy over those hacked photos, but the paparazzi are an occupational hazard. Like it or not.
My main takeaway from this interview? JLaw not only wants a boyfriend who farts. She also wants a “consistent” farter.
Photos courtesy of Empire, Madame Figaro, Lionsgate & WENN
It’s nice to read about an actress who isn’t riddled with angst about the “art” of acting.
Lol…sounds like kstew shade…which is funny, because it seems like in this interview, Lawrence is just checking off all the kstew boxes: i.e., tomboy, hates media, beleaguered by media, wanted only to be an indie queen, would never promote movies if she didn’t have to, was not into couture because of tomboyness now loves it for the ‘art’ of it all (unspoken: and the several mil paycheck)…..blah blah…at this point I’m just waiting for the trucker/ball cap.
Hahaha, yes. Also, didn’t she once confess to auditioning for Twilight?
By the way…she seems to be turning into the old younger Zellwegger! The eyes.
I have seen Winter’s Bone and Empire Records around the same time and I kept thinking how similar Jennifer and young Renee Zellweger look! Finally I’m not the only one who thinks so. Thanks!
So sad for you, Jen. Give up Hollywood and your millions, do theatre work or independent movies and your first-world problems will be gone. Or just accept it and stop this immature behaviour and annoying quotes of how difficult your life is with the paps every once in a while.
LOL!!
She is becoming one of those annoying celebrities who complains how hard is their life.
Right? That’s what really gets me about all the actors who whine about the paps and negative aspects of fame. Acting doesn’t pay well. They’re not paid millions to act. They’re paid millions to put up with the nuisance of being a public person. If they were willing to take a pay cut, it really isn’t all that hard to disappear into small films and stage plays.
So true.
She started in smaller films. And no, you don’t get paid millions to be hounded. You get paid millions because producers and studios think your name puts butts in seats. The whole “it’s their job to be harassed” argument gets real old, especially on gossip sites that depend on papped content.
I used to think she was a fun, unpretentious young actress.
She’s quickly turning into a whiny pain in the ass.
Did you even read the article? She doesn’t complain how hard her life is but gets asked about her internet presence says that if she had a choice, we would only see her in movies but that some of it is out of her control and that she has accepted that part of her privacy is lost.
If Benedict or Hiddleston had talked about trying to avoid paparazzi people would praise them how they are not famewhores but whenever a young female celebrity says the same, they get tagged as ungrateful whiners when they don’t say anything whiny like here.
Lawrence isn’t a hypocrite like some actors who call the paparazzi for their daily walks and then complains about press invasion so I’m a bit surprised to see the amount of negative comments here. I guess the predictable backlash has started and she has taken the mantle from Kristen Stewart as the one that is cool to hate.
I agree. She’s not complaining at all. She’s talking about avoiding the paparazzi . It sounds like she understands that all this attention comes with the job.
I’m with you, too. What FingerBinger said.
Agreed. Men get praised for saying this and women get criticized.
@Celia: I completely agree.
Btw, don’t let the small but vocal detractors get to you…it seems to always be the same people….every time.
I’m not a fan of JLaw but I really dislike this sentiment that the paps have a right to harass you because you’re famous and that ‘it’s part of the job.’ I don’t think many posters understand the level of harassment that celebs experience. And I’m pretty sure she’s not one of the ones who complains then calls the paps so this does not make her a hypocrite.
I 100% agree Celia … Lola you should tell us how you really feel LOL.
These are so clearly translations (she spoke in English, it was translated into French, now we are reading an English translation of the French) that it feels impossible to know what she actually said about any of it!
Luckily all her candid shots are already out there so she really should stop running.
I’m terrible.. because I did laugh at this.
bow head in shame.
She isn’t high fashion material. At least she isn’t waxing poetics about art like KStew, James Franco and others who are anything but real artists.
I am so sick and tired of celebs complaining about the pap attention. If you don’t like the attention then change your profession.
The world’s most famous and recognised couple Brad & Angelina have shown us several times that there are ways to avoid the paps. Infact while the JPs are in pap haven Los Angelos – you will never ever see any pictures of them nor their children.
So please stop complaining because it is only making people dislike you.
She looks lovely in the mag photos. It seems like every model and/or actress was a tomboy as a child. Lately, when I read “I was a tomboy,” I roll my eyes hard.
This!
It’s just another “cool girl” trope. As if it’s so bad to be “one of the girls.”
Could someone explain to me what “cool girl” means? I have also noticed this insistence ( with celebrities and women I have known), on claiming to have been a “tomboy” when younger. Why? I played with barbies! So I am not “cool”? I have had women say this to me and thought “your lying I know you probably did too”! I don’t get it.
Not to mention ‘tomboy’ seems like such an archaic term for a woman.
Yes! That whole “girls who don’t care about their looks are better and less superficial”, I hate that! Why can’t I be deep AND enjoy fashion and whatnot?! I can like football and running around in the dirt AND barbies and make-up AND books and studying. Give me a break!
/rant
I find the “coolness” of the cool girl to be quite anti-feminist. The whole idea that we are more appealing or attractive when we emulate men or more masculine interests is so annoying. There is nothing intrinsically superior about being a tomboy than a girlie girl.
Every female star was/is either a tomboy or a “complete nerd”. Rolling my eyes at both of those statements.
Yeah, IMO, they doth protest too much. (Matt Damon, too, with his “I’m not like Clooney” shtick.)
It’s been proven that avoiding the paps is possible. And complaining about it makes you look ungrateful. Unless they’re threatening you or your family or some such.
Consistent farter. Lol. Not something anyone would really want, or so I thought.
lol “only acting” and then signs a fashion deal. do those people really have no one in their life who grounds them and tells them how they sound?
also dating someone as famous as Chris Martin who just got out of a widely publicized divorce is not exactly a move that screams privacy.
paps are annoying and intimidating but as long as they dont verbally abuse children it comes with your job. seriously, she gets better tables in restaurants because she plays pretend. she gets sent free stuff. she gets millions for saying lines someone else wrote. its really like a King who complains “oh my crown is so heavy, with all the diamonds in it” while half of his people starve.
it was your choice to get famous, so deal with it or disappear. celebs always act like is an uncurable disease and then i could feel where they are coming from. but fame is a choice.
lol “only acting” and then signs a fashion deal. do those people really have no one in their life who grounds them and tells them how they sound?
Omg, yes. It’s constant contradiction with this one. Actually, no she’s not any different than the other ones who sign onto multi-million dollar deals and branch outside acting (see Kristen Stewart). They clearly like their money and their comfort but none of the negatives. People deal with negatives in their job everyday but most don’t get millions and have months off inbetween projects. She needs a reality check.
This is why labelling her an ‘old soul’ doesn’t fly with me. If she was really that mature and profound, she would own her shit for starters.
I don’t think Chris and Gwyneth are divorced..
are they??
“oh my crown is so heavy, with all the diamonds in it”
This is really a great way to describe it!
” JLaw only signed on so she’d never have to worry about making red-carpet decisions.” Or because she got 40 million dollars. I would wear paper bags around for 40 million dollars.
Also. “At 20, you’re rarely faced with a decision that will have such an impact on your future.” – you choose your occupation at 18. Virtually every young person is faced with a decision which will have a massive impact on their future.
But because she is so young she has a lot of time to change the course of things too… And still get lots of roles. Even someone who choses a career can always change and hard it’s not impossible, I would say that’s even harder than an actor already with millions in the bank.
@Sara
EXACTLY! everything you said.
Angelina is the gold standard if she doesn’t complain nobody else should!
THIS.
These young celebrities should take a course in humility and class before they open their mouths. I rarely hear anyone praising the fame, the opportunities and responsibilities that comes with such a position. Most just want to get “money” and complain about everything else.
Actresses like Angelina Jolie’s owns their fame, understand the opportunities and inspire. I wish more would do that. It would really change society.
Well Angie and Brad manage to have a real private life. I think it takes a lot of work but they have figured it out.
I think when you talk about the paps or event the tabloid stories you give them some greater importance in your life that they should not have. If you want to be private it means not really talking about them. Don’t give them attention. Silence really is a great weapon to so many things.
I don’t really like Angelina Jolie, but if major celebrities find ways to avoid the paps why can’t others? And Jennifer made choices that just exposed her more and more and now she complains? It’s not right to have people trying to get photos of her but it is what it is and she knew it could happen. She has choices that most people with difficult lives don’t have: she could live outside LA , she could refuse to endorse any brands and she could chose smaller films or do less films a year. And I don’t feel comfortable to say she shouldn’t date other famous people, but somehow those circumstances are also something you kind of create for yourself. And if even with all this choices she does the opposite I cannot feel pity for her, she must enjoy the celebrity perks after all. Own it or shut up.
This reminds me of Adele who refused to promote a big cosmetic brand. She doesn’t endorse anything and we rarely see her in the media.
That’s a good example. Adele doesn’t even live in London.
Love me some Angelina but please. Celebs aren’t clones of each other. They have different personalities and handle things definitely. You have no idea what any of these people are really like or what their daily experiences are.
From that point of view this website should not exist. And yes, there are strategies to avoid some nuisances of fame. I dind’t say it was easy for them (her):
FYI: I’ve read the French interview, because I didn’t understad the “consistent” quote, what she says is more like: “the ideal man is the one who allows a woman to be truly herself in all the circumstances”. And she was answering to a question which was like “for the Dior campaign you’ve portraid a really strong woman, which is her ideal man? “
Thanks for that clarification. These retranslated interviews I don’t judge too much, because too much gets lost or misconstrued in the translation.
I like her coloring and eyes.
Jen, you are the most overrated actress in decades. Face it, you NEED the media because if you didn’t have them talking you up like crazy everyone would know how basic and bland you truly are.
Shut up.
I thought people like you who actually think that were a dead species! I’ m glad I was wrong because I agree completely!
At least the cray-cray Jen is serving up isn’t about sunshine on the vadge and not brushing her teeth.
She’s a phenomenal actress – her talent is obvious. People who complain she’s a PR creation just aren’t paying attention to what she delivers time and again on the screen. She’s also perfectly entitled to give out about media harassment – it must be horrifically intrusive in the first few years, before you learn to handle it – and all the worse when you in your early twenties and still trying to sort out who you are.
She is far from phenomenal, at least for me, and I’ve seen most of her movies.
Fair enough, each to their own – but the critics and her peers rate her enough to bring in multiple awards, which suggests that either her publicist is a genius of unparalleled dimensions or that she’s doing something right on the acting front.
jbaq, no one forced her to do it! Everyone knows how intrusive fame can be, and while I don’ t for one second think that paps should be given carte blanche just because actors ask for it by being actors, if you think you are not cut for that and you value learning who you are over money and being famous, you do something else! You’ re making it sound like someone pointed a gun at her head and forced her to become a franchise and Oscar winner actress! As for her success, “art” is subjective. Some people like stuff, other people don’ t! Just because someone wins awards, doesn’ t mean she has to be perfect for everyone! Plus, acting awards are almost never given to people who deserve it, especially Oscars.
Charlie, yes, she is far from phenomenal! I still have to understand why people consider her as such! There is always someone who thinks her talents are obvious: to me it’ s obvious she’ s bland and uninteresting and has always been! Unfortunately, people will still call you a hater or an idiot for not understanding the genius of her acting even though you have rational reasons not to like her!
Bets, JWQ, please tell who you think is a better actress her age, I’m really curious.
There aren’ t actresses her age who are better (or at least I can’ t think of one), but JL’ s best is still mediocre! There are tons of actresses in her age range that critics or audience find great that I also think are absolutely overrated (Mia Wakisowska, Shaileen Woodley, Kristen Stewart, Chloe Grace Moretz, Evan Rachel Wood, Anna Kendrick, Emma Roberts). If you go a little older, then way better actresses than her are Natalie Dormer, Eva Green, Christina Ricci! But there are bland actresses in their early 30s/late 20s who are considered great as well!
All I remember about her was in Catching Fire at the end, how she was forcing herself to slip a couple of tears, I was cracking up at the cinema. But I believe I am in no place to judge her acting
Natalie Dormer? You’re kidding. And I’d say Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Roberts don’t count, because they are not that acclaimed by critics. I get that she’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but you just can’t say that she’s got no talent. Her co-workers all praise her, critics do and she’s got several Oscar nominations. You can say that the Oscars often get it wrong, but she was nominated several times and that means something, that didn’t happen by accident.
Ok, take out Wood and Roberts, and yes, Natalie Dormer is not the best actress there is, but I still think she is better than Lawrence!
I didn’ t say she doesn’ t have talent, I said that the one she has is mediocre at best and that just because she doesn’ t have competition because everyone else who is her age is worse, it doesn’ t mean she is the goddess of acting people like you think. Of course that’ s just my opinion, and it’ s just as valid as yours!
And you’ re right, Oscars and acting awards nominations and wins don’ t happen by accident… they happen because of PR stunts, money, campaigning and the level of celebrity status you have that specific year!
Saoirse Ronan is around her age and I think she’s a far superior actress.
Mia Wasikowska (at least spell it right) overrated??
Dude, you’re f—ing nuts. She is ANYTHING but.
Whatever about the Oscars, film critics don’t dole out across the board acclaim to actresses just because they are famous or have good PR. Lawrence made her reputation as an 18-year old in a no-budget indie, Winter’s Bone: she certainly isn’t just the product of good publicity. I happen to think she’s remarkable, and so far I’m pleased to see that wide range of opinion agrees with me!
I continue to give JLaw a pass because she’s great as Katniss and looks like a real warrior in that top picture. She has a body on her. Somehow Hollywood lets her get away with no starving herself and I’d love to see this bring in a new breed of starlets who are more badass than waif.
Except she has lost a lot of weight recently.
Look at her body she is really really fit. I think a lot of skinny girls get their body “easier” than she does. Let’s be real she puts a lot of work into it, which she should being a action/superhero in both HG and X-men.
She was naturally slender before + being young helped to maintain her more than normal weight. She doesn’t need to starve herself necessarily if you include those factors. She also signed onto a franchise that required her to tone up so diet + exercise has been in her life too which is why she lost a bit of weight in the last few years. Why would she starve herself? Most young starlets don’t need much to lose weight, it would be different if she was 30+.
Most young actresses seem to have a healthy weight so I don’t see how she’s that special.
She wasn’t slender at all when she shot _Winter’s Bone._
Really? She’s got some healthy hips & thighs in that top pic. I’m not used to seeing that on magazine covers any more. I grew up in the 80s when curvy hips in high-waisted jeans were a desired look, but I feel like I rarely see that any more. I’m so tired of the “thigh gap.”
Some women are naturally thin. Why is that such an issue.
Believe it or not women come in all shapes and sizes. All of them are FINE because they are what those women are.
Mia Wasikowska, Saoirse Ronan, Chloe Grace Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen…
The list of young actress who are not a stick is huge. Jennifer is still treated as some kind of precious case. Even though her body is thin and fit like all the rest. Maybe the differences are that she has more boobs and love to talk endlessly about the weight theme.
@enya
I saw her on Cold Case and she was a teen then, she was also slender back then.
@bettyrose:
Sorry, I don’t see it. I see a girl who’s actually in great shape with not a pound too little or too much on her. She’s at an age where she doesn’t have to work too hard to maintain her body + she seems to have good ‘weight genes’.
@lisa
Not sure if you’re angry but I’m not a person who bodyshames. I always champion for all body sizes on this site so you’re coming after the wrong person.
@Milla
I agree.
Milla B.: Mia Wasikowska, Elle Fanning (!) and Elisabeth Olsen – are you serious? I’d say they are pretty skinny. I agree on Chloe, Hailee and Saoirse though.
I’ve actually met Saoirse Ronan (I’m Irish – it’s a small country). She was absolute lovely, and she’s super-talented: but she’s also small boned and naturally very, very slender. Very different body type than J-Law.
I said she looks like a warrior and a badass, but several people have commented that they disagree and thinks she looks fit. In what world don’t “warrior” and “badass” equal fit? Yeah she looks fit. She looks amazing.
Bettyrose, spot on.
I don’t get why she hasn’t moved to NY or even London, if she wants more privacy. Hell, she could even get a house back in Kentucky and just come to LA when she has to.
I guess that’s hard because her family is in LA, but if privacy is such an issue she could make that choice and even bring her family with her. No, it’s not right, but those are the circumstances of her life, circumstances she accepted when it was conveniente and some were even created and encouraged by her own choices…
I thought her family lives elsewhere….Kentucky or something?
I always presumed they lived in LA because she lived for a long time with her family? I think I read that a long time ago. If not, another reason to not live in LA (I thought she grew up there).
She grew up in Kentucky, and I’m pretty sure her family still lives there. Her mother lived in LA with her while she was younger and just getting stuck into film, but again I think she’s since returned to Kentucky.
I don’t think it’s just as easy as “get a house back in Kentucky and come to LA when you need to.” LA is the major industry hub for film and television. Even when she’s not on location, she’s still working. You don’t just sit around while you wait for your next movie to start – you have meetings with directors, agents, publicists, magazine interviews, promotion work, etc. Simply put, LA would be the most convenient place to live for her job.
You have great film actors who don’t live in LA because they hate the industry vibe they get. Some non american even live in their home countries because they get more privacy and some sort of normality.
She get’s papped even more in London, and I’m sure she’d get papped plenty in NY. She’s a big name who sells, unless she moves somewhere there’s zero paps, she’s going to be followed around.
At the moment she works so much it’s probably easiest to live in LA. She’d be taking a lot of meetings etc. so having to fly in a lot anyway, and since she already travels so much for work adding in extra would surely be a strain.
There is NO PRIVACY IN NEW YORK. That is why celebs have left and most only live there cause they have to. They work on Broadway. NYC is just as gossipy as Hollywood itself. You move outside of L.A. into gated communities. You buy land, build a house, get security, and buy a condo when you have to be in the city for work.
I am little surprised by the hate on Jen. Artists need fame to be successful. I’m getting published soon and the contracts propose rights of publicity so that my work can be circulated and I can be a success. As a private person I have reservations about granting publicity rights. I opted for anonymity and won’t agree to grant publicity rights otherwise. But my work does not depend on my face. However, it would help the brand – using my face and story to grow a fan base. I want to be a big success but I don’t want people to know everything about me. My answer to “Why do I want to write” …I want to share my work and hope it inspires. I like to give all famous artists the benefit of the doubt that they have good intentions and the fame part just becomes a beast they either have to learn to embrace otherwise it consumes them whole.
She could’ve been an indie actress and compromised if she just loves the acting part of movies. But she didn’t, she choose jobs that pushed her more in the limelight.
Movies in itself is already an exhibitionistic job so choosing a higher level of that, willingly, when she could still have earned good money on the level she already was at, is just contradicting herself at this point. Or maybe take 1 franchise instead of 2?
Btw, here are plenty of actors and other famous people who are shy, private and/or insecure who deal with the paparazzi/fame better than this girl (Nicole Kidman, Zellweger, A. Hepburn to name a few) and who aren’t contradicting themselves. No, they own it, deal with it and do their job well knowing how blessed their lives are/were.
Re: Why not indie films? Why sign to #2 of the franchise?
Success. As someone up thread already articultated – though attacking Jen – there are parts of our job that we don’t like.
But to be a success and continue being a success, you have to work hard and invest in your work. Getting a huge payout and recognition is supposed to make it all worth it and put you in a coveted position to control some aspects… But not all. I think The business requires that you stay relevant through doing projects and keeping your face in the magazines etc. Just like office work, if you have gaps in your resume it reflects poorly on you – you are more marketable while working. Also you get pigeon-holed in certain roles, projects and industries because people assume that it’s all you can do, etc., just like actors get typecasted. More times than not the opportunity comes to you and you make a choice based on work available. Only those high in demand can have their pick. Working in big corporations is just like working on franchises and blockbusters in putting you on the map and requiring you to deal with more pressure and sacrifice more of your personal life. Working in mom and pops, non-profits and arguably inpublic sector is equivalent to doing indie films in tackling more substantive, social interest type stuff. The money is not the same but you do lead a life that is somewhat more obscure. I guess the takeaway is that some of us get big breaks and big breaks are high reward but we have to sacrifice part of ourselves for them.
Delilah: But successes come with a price or at least can come with a price. You described well the professional perks of success but an actor acclaimed like her and still so young has the time to make choices without the need to do a bunch of films a year with big studios. She can’t have that and at the same time complain about it, and even if we consider that she was surprised by it all she could have stopped for a while to put things in perspective and from then on reconsider her choices better and its consequences. I guess people get annoyed by this sort of attitude because most of us find it hypocritical.
@Delilah: Taylor Swift, Angelina Jolie or Dan Radcliff (who has been in a HUGE franchise since he was a child) don’t ever complain about this kind of stuff, so I bet It’s possible to find a way to live with paparazzi without being too much bothered by their presence.
so your sole definition of success is big sales numbers? that is not only wrong but also an unhealthy way of thinking, no offense but the chance of being a big success are very slim. for every JK Rowling there are thousands of people who dont sell at all and even more who sell a little. nothing wrong with it, if its fun for someone to write and that person touches a couple of people with it or entertains them with it, thats already a success.
Jennifer just contradicts herself, why does she have two big franchises? why a fashion contract? why date the one guy everyone was speculating who he would get with to pair that woman against his ex wife?
she talks about having to promote stuff, yeah the bigger the movie the bigger the promo. everyone kid will know a movie like Hunger Games will need more promo than an indie. sometimes the produces will even plant rumours about you (or your boyfriend/husband), to get more attention. actors know that and they make the choice its worth it.
you dont want that? dont do a big franchise, Jennifer even admitted she knew exactly how big her life could get.
Emma Watson will be the same, she right now talks about wanting privacy but also had a fashion contract and will star in a big franchise in the near future too, she also wants the spotlight and money more than her privacy. she even complained that her fame leads to intrusion in the life of her loved ones. well, Emma, then dont do a big franchise that will put you even more into the spotlight and them with you.
i am sure an actress can be artistically fullfilled without playing a blue woman in a superhero movie.
i dont see Daniel Day Lewis doing all these things.
“i am sure an actress can be artistically fullfilled without playing a blue woman in a superhero movie.” ^_^
I don’t think it’s entirely fair to suggest that doing a franchise is a sell-out. Actors are wholly dependant on the casting whims of directors, unless they manage to carve out a sufficiently high profile which gives then a good chance of getting the roles they want, or the funding for the projects they want to see made. J-Law getting painted blue for the X-Men will help her get roles she wants in the future, rather than hoping that some director remembered her from Winters Bone. I’m also unconvinced that her making that choice means she shouldn’t complain about the paparazzi..
That’s not the point. The issue here is that success can be a trade of. She chose to be in two big franchises (the first could be for what you described, but the 2nd?…) and that would always expose her more to the media and the paps. The same with the fashion deal. She chose to be in the hunger games knowing it would be a big deal (she was already the X-Man) and that includes the stuff that’s not so nice. For someone who said that doing indies was her thing, she totally went into the opposite direction. That was her decision, and she can complain but considering she never chose a more discrete path she sort of brought it to herself. And complaining about seems hypocritical to me.
@ Sara. Please tell me all about how you support a yourself or anyone else with self-fulfillment…
I am not in sales. But all of us are in business – art is a business. Unless you are independently wealthy or supported by someone else. In that case, whomever finances your existence, sorry to say, is in some kinda business. Actors need an audience, painters showcase work in galleries, musicians make records and the list goes on and on. The very definition of failure borders on the inability to turn a profit from work you do. I’ll just assume you poorly articulated your point or made an an incorrect presumption that I was simply speaking about success in terms of that ugly thing you call numbers because the word “money” is too sordid for you. FYI, I personally need enough money to have a roof over my head, good, clothing, healthcare and general sense of security – oh and a rainy day fund. Anything additional is just icing. I place a very happy premium on the intangibles but am rational enough to acknowledge that nothing in life is ever secured without money. If we operated on a barter system I would be just as happy with that arrangement.
The point is that the franchises help her get the roles (indie or quality mainstream) she wants – it’s not an either/or choice. Also, it would have been insanely brave of J-Law to turn turn down X Men and Hunger Games at the age of 20 and take the gamble that people would remember her for Winters Bone. Sure, she should probably tolerate the paparazzi harassment a little more, but I don’t think she’s being hypocritical in wanting both high profile roles and less harassment.
But getting high profile roles will make her more famous and that means more interest from the media/audience and less privacy as a consequence. I don’t see how that’s not a choice. Doing one franchising I would get, but accepting a 2nd one when you don’t like the fame/attention seems awkward to me. Doing X-man was not enough to give her more role choices? If that’s not hypocrisy maybe it’s ingenuity, maybe she got bad advice. Otherwise, I don’t really get it.
J-Law couldn’t possibly have known at 20 when she took on both franchises that her career would escalate as it has – and I suspect that it’s one thing to know that you’ll become famous, and another thing to discover that your every public appearance is reported in the tabloids. I agree she should complain less about the paps – but I also think it’s unfair to describe her as a hypocrite for saying that all times it’s too much.
Gill, she didn’t take both at the same time. And I’m not just considering the success they had but the promotion you HAVE to do for a mega franchise, that’s a given from the start. And on top of that why be endorsed by Dior when that includes going to events for the brand? I’m sorry if I’m being too harsh, maybe I am, but these actors who do everything to get the jobs and the attention (like they should if that’s their goal) and then when it works against them, or they lose their sense of control get all “I hate this” get on my nerves because It’s obvious that if they get what they want those things will certainly happen. And there’s always the choice (I insist on this) to lay low and work on smaller projects or not work for a while until things get less crazy for them. Several actors did that when got scared by how big things got around them, how uncomfortable that got. If despite that you chose to go on, then own that path and take the good with the bad.
Sofia, lying low is an option once you’ve made it big and carved out your profile – and, to be fair to Lawrence, she tries to stay away from the limelight when she’s not promoting a film. However, when you’re an ambitious young actress just starting your career, lying low isn’t really a viable option. Great actresses like Claire Danes never had the film career they deserved because they elected to disappear for a few years, and Lawrence has spoken about how the roles didn’t start coming in after Winter’s Bone until she did X-Men. Again, I agree with you that she probably moans too much about the paps – but I doubt she knew at 20 that her career would explode like it has, or that she’d spend her twenties being subject to constant media scrutiny.
She is probably doing the best she can in her circumstances and what she wants career wise, I’ll give her that. But she isn’t receiving great PR advice and the Dior contract is such a shame:/
I need those boots she is wearing as Katniss. That is all.
I thought Mockingjay 1&2 were filmed back to back so the $250 million would be for both films.
It sounds like good exercise.
I can’t stand AJ, but agree with the other posters. Kudos to her for not biting the hand that feeds her. Same re: Taylor Swift.
Her hair looks cute growing out at this length
I don’t think the comparisons with Jolie are entirely fair. Lawrence has become mega famous at an earlier age than Jolie, in a new era of constant Internet commentary, twitter messages alerting paparazzi to her whereabouts, smart phones etc. She’s living in a bubble of constant public scrutiny, that must be crushingly difficult to live with if you’re in your early twenties. Scarlett Johansson made the point in a recent interview that K-Stew and J-Law suffer from much greater intrusion than she did when she broke through ten years ago – people should remember that before rushing to condemn Lawrence for simply describing the reality of her day-to-day existence.
Another reason to reconsider her choices, the consequences are harder to control. She is young and probably is being advised by people who have their own interests($$), otherwise I don’t see how surprising is to them (J-Law, K-Stew) all this scrutiny. You have people being fired for stuff they post on facebook, the internet/social media reality isn’t only affecting celebrities.
Good points. I agree with you. I dont see this as complaining so much as sharing her life. I dont think anyone should be shocked that famous people tire of the paparazzi. I just think at her age with her success, it is more difficult for her to remain completely off radar.
“I don’t see this as complaining so much as sharing her life.” This may be true, but because of her attitude towards the paps, this will always sound like a complaint. It would be smarter to give an answer like “there are worse things in life” and cut it. And given her resistance about social media I would think she would be more aware about how it all works nowadays and how careful someone must be to keep what’s private well, private.
Someone mentioned Taylor Swift who became famous at an earlier age, does she ever complain about the paparazzi? She even said she has death threats send to her.
And both Taylor and Jennifer owe a huge chunk of their success to brilliant PR.
Exactly. By the time paps were all over Angelina, she was very wealthy. That makes a difference. You need a lot of money to be able to afford a high security compound, multiple drivers and a fleet of cars to throw paps off, private planes etc.
Jennifer and KStew are in that awkward position of being major pap targets, but not being quite wealthy enough to splash a ton of cash on not getting papped. People like the Jolie-Pitts and Johnny Depp spend a literal fortune just on protecting their privacy. Even the most successful young actors can’t really do that without saying sayonara to well over half their earnings. And since they don’t have children to protect there’s a lot less incentive for them to be that reclusive anyway.
Not wealthy enough?!? In what world is Jennifer not wealthy enough?
Didn’t she just bought an 8 million house???
Jessica really “she not wealthy enough” sound like cop out she has the money to do the same thing if she wanted to.
I usually tolerate this one pretty well, but oh PLEASE. When your last few years’ of work consist of movies from two different franchises and a pair of Oscar-baity David O. Russell films, it’s hard to claim you want to do indie work. When you have an endorsement contract, it’s hard to claim you don’t care about that kind of thing. And when your last choice of a boyfriend was someone who already had the paps after him, it’s hard to complain about the paps.
There are people at J-Law’s level who are able to attract far less publicity. She’s made a different set of choices.
+100000
On a purely fashion standpoint, I’m totally confused because pre-Dior and Rachel Zoe, Jennifer Lawrence looked amazing. Like for the first Hunger Games promo tour and Winter’s Bone awards circuit she was such a fashionista (that red Calvin Klein!) and looked genuinely comfortable. But then she hired Zoe and sold her soul to Dior and everything went down hill. So I call bullshit on her saying she feels more comfortable now wearing “art.”
And plus I totally agree with everyone else when they ask why would she sign with Dior if she only wanted to act? She’s contradicting herself. I think maybe at this point it’s been a few years and that excitement over ‘making it into the business’ has worn off, so she feels entitled to being ‘normal.’ But there’s nothing normal about making millions a year. Taylor Swift has openly said that she can’t even walk around by herself without a security guard, but that it is a small complaint for the one in a million job she has. Lawrence should take a page from Swift’s book in my opinion.
So Martin Lawrence is back together?
I’m gonna call MarLaw now hehe
JMart!
I defend J-Law when she gives out about paparazzi intrusion, because I think different temperments react differently to it and she strikes me as having a nervy, high strung personality that would cope badly with the constant scrutiny. (That’s not a criticism of her, by the way – I’m like that myself.)
Also, I think she’s worried about over-exposure – and I suspect that some of the people on this board and elsewhere who criticise her attitude towards the paps are also prone to complain that the media keep rubbing her in our faces.
I think it helps that she really does fade out as much as possible in between movies, which would support her claim that she’s not as interested in the high fame aspect of celebrity. (I also think it’s extremely wise for any celeb to avoid social media – I don’t know why she gets flak on that issue.) She did a fair bit of promotion for Serena despite its VOD release that would suggest she is pretty dedicated to her work regardless of the product. I’ll be curious to see what she does once the HG and X-men franchises are done. If she continues aiming for headline movies, then she’s deceiving herself as to her her true aspirations. But if she starts to move back into indie titles and lower key film roles ala Stewart, it’ll speak to honesty.
This is part of your job just like most normal people have to deal with traffic, public transportation, low pay, rude coworkers etc. It’s just getting really annoying. If it’s not farts & pizza, all she talks about is the media. Also I don’t buy the “I don’t want to be famous” schtick. Why accept the Dior contract & 2 HUGE franchises?? Give it to another actress who needs the exposure.
X-Men First Class was not a big success and the whole series was going to discontinue after that film. First after Jennifer Lawrence got huge after the Hunger Games and her Oscar they decided to continue it. When taking on the Hunger Games if was unlikely that she would need to do Mystique anymore. After Lawrence’s skyrocketing to fame Fox had to make Days of future past quite quickly before her’s and the other actor’s contracts expired. That’s why her schedule was so insane during the filming of Catching Fire and DOFT. She is a big reason why the X-men franchise is still alive at this point. I bet she wishes it wasn’t but she is tied down by contract to do three of those movies. I’m pretty sure she will not do a fourth.
“She is a big reason why the X-men franchise is still alive at this point. ”
Really Lol come on I think your exaggerating a lot here. I’m not a fan of these supper hero movies but people are going to see them not because of JL but because X-man has a strong comic book fallowing.
She says right there in the article that she hesitated taking Hunger Games cause she wasn’t sure she wanted that level of fame but ultimately decided that she didn’t want to regret that opportunity later on. If she’s truly unhappy with doing franchises then Im sure she won’t sign on to anymore once both contracts are officially up. Till then, she has to keep doing more movies and more promo for them.
I do suspect it’s starting to really hit her just how invasive Hollywood life really is going to be. She may be able to fade out by choice in a few years, but definitely not until the HG franchise is out. I’m still musing over how I feel about her comments on the matter, since at this point, paps are no secret aspect of fame…and that’s not even getting into her choice of romantic partner, which was bound to get major public attention. BUT we’re still fairly fresh off the photo leak, so I’m sure her bitterness over the lack of privacy is probably heightened more than usual. Her relationship with fame as it evolves over the next year or so will do a lot to define her.
Meh. I’m mostly on a celebrities side when it comes to paparazzi stuff. My issue with it is, they don’t want the paparazzi invading their personal life because that’s not what their work is/should be. But they have no problem with using the media to elevate themselves to heavens. The media/these people have a problem.
Her personality is a large part of her success and appeal. Let’s get real. It’s been a huge factor. She’s incredibly talented at being ubiquitous without being on social media because of it.
Does she have talent? Yes. Winter’s Bone proves that. All her other movies after that not as much. She was great in it. She’s good, but people really, ridiculously hype her up. She needs to take risks and play diverse roles and make mistakes if she wants to grow.
And I don’t mean playing characters that are outside of her age range. When she gets older she will probably be one of those actresses that gripes about young women getting roles meant for older women. Because it’s an unfortunate thing I’ve come to think of JLaw is that she doesn’t really give an issue thought until it affects her.
And whoever said Saoirse Ronan. Yes! She’s fantastic. People should watch her in I could never be your woman. Great little film.
I agree with those that believe that Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most talented actresses of her generation….I just have not been as impressed with other actresses in her age range as much. I think her range and screen presence are incredible.
So, yeah, I ‘m a fan but at the same time, I get that there will be those that don’t agree but the fact of the matter is, is that Lawrence has been receiving critical praise from established critics long before she blew up.
Sofia says:
November 9, 2014 at 12:16 pm
Delilah: But successes come with a price or at least can come with a price. You described well the professional perks of success but an actor acclaimed like her and still so young has the time to make choices without the need to do a bunch of films a year with big studios. She can’t have that and at the same time complain about it, and even if we consider that she was surprised by it all she could have stopped for a while to put things in perspective and from then on reconsider her choices better and its consequences. I guess people get annoyed by this sort of attitude because most of us find it hypocritical.
Sofia says:
November 9, 2014 at 1:17 pm
“I don’t see this as complaining so much as sharing her life.” This may be true, but because of her attitude towards the paps, this will always sound like a complaint. It would be smarter to give an answer like “there are worse things in life” and cut it. And given her resistance about social media I would think she would be more aware about how it all works nowadays and how careful someone must be to keep what’s private well, private.
I agree with these points so much! I haven’t seen Winter’s Bone, but she did good in The Hunger Games. Catching Fire was amazing. She was amazing in it. Everything else she seemed to be playing herself. Rebecca Romijn was brilliant as Mystique. There was no reason for her to do X-Men. She didn’t add anything to the character, besides acting like herself. Also, if she wanted to be out of view, she could.
Ha! Thanks for reposting my comments ^_^
I was rereading those and some other comments and for me it all comes down to choices. Most people have less choices in life and they always pay some kind of price for it. When you chose something you deny something else. You pay that price to stay aligned with your values, your identity, your integrity as a human being. EVERYONE goes trough this in a bigger or smaller scale. I don’t see how celebrities are different. They might not be millionaires like most people tend to think, but they make for a film what most don’t for years of work. Now, if they are honest about their motivations I have no problem with it even if I disagree, but when they lack coherency and victimize themselves in contexts where they have the power to say no it just annoys me a lot. There’s a lot of unfairness in life but having a decent amount of money should give you freedom to say no because you know that no matter what you won’t sleep under the bridge or lack food to eat.
Annoying. Please SFU and go away. Her ‘acting’ is no great shakes either. Move to London and work work with Blanchett or Swinton and try to LEARN.