Jennifer Lawrence gets real in a new interview with Howard Stern. Photo / AP
Jennifer Lawrence gets real in a new interview with Howard Stern. Photo / AP
Famously outspoken Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence has given one of her most candid interviews yet with veteran radio host Howard Stern, opening up about everything from the big role she wishes she got to her recent dress controversy.
Lawrence made world headlines last month over her choice of attire during a London press call for her latest film, Red Sparrow. Stood outside in the near-freezing London winter, Lawrence's male co-stars rugged up in heavy jumpers and jackets — while she bared her flesh in a revealing low-cut gown.
To some commentators, the image served as a depressing reminder of the double standards that still exist for female Hollywood actors.
Actress Jennifer Lawrence poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Red Sparrow' in London. Photo / AP
Weeks later, Lawrence is still fuming at the backlash.
"I walked my bare ass out for the photos. Nobody took a coat from me. All these people trying to be feminist — you're not. You're loud, you're annoying, you have no point, and what you also do is make people hate a movement," she told Stern.
"The women who are running Time's Up are changing legislation and getting stuff done, they're not screaming on the streets and social media about it. When these fringe people who have these blogs start being annoying as f**k ... you know me wearing a f***ing dress isn't feminist, you're not that stupid," she said.
"It was a fabulous dress, I wasn't going to cover it up in a f***ing coat! Also, I shoot in below freezing weather, in record breaking winters, I can stand outside for 90 seconds in a dress. I want the dress photographed like that! I wasn't going to put a coat on. My arms were finally skinny."
Actors Jeremy Irons, from right, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthias Schoenaerts and director Francis Lawrence pose at photo call for the film 'Red Sparrow' in London. Photo / AP
'Dressgate' finally sorted, Lawrence set about clearing up a few other bits of J-Law-related misinformation, like the rumours that she staged her fall while taking to the stage at the 85th Oscars to accept her Best Actress award for Silver Linings Playbook.
"I would give anything to be able to go back and redo that moment. The fall startled me and made me forget my speech and made me forget to thank important people," she said.
"It was a big moment, I might not ever get up there again, and I didn't thank [Silver Linings Playbook director] David O. Russell when I wouldn't have a career if it weren't for him. I didn't thank anyone from the movie — I wished a random person happy birthday, then stumbled off."
There were whispers that the fall was a staged attempt to appear more relatable — rumours pushed forward by broadcaster Anderson Cooper, who publicly declared that Lawrence had "faked it".
Actress Jennifer Lawrence takes a tumble. Photo / Getty Images
"I actually reamed him out at a party about that. He's a very nice guy, but I was mad," she said.
Not helping her case was the fact Lawrence fell again at the following year's awards, this time tripping on a traffic cone as she approached the red carpet.
"Everything would've been fine if I didn't fall on that goddamn traffic cone, because it immediately looked like it was my schtick," she said.
She admitted she is competitive when it comes to award shows and wanted to win the year she did, but was OK with losing to Room star Brie Larson when she was nominated again for Best Actress at the 2016 awards: "I don't think I should've won for Joy, I think Brie should've won," she said.
Lawrence also opened up about the roles she's missed out on throughout her career — including a part in the mammoth Twilight franchise.
She said at the time, she didn't realise she was auditioning for such a big movie.
"I didn't really know what it was — when you're a run of the mill actor, you just get five pages and they're like, 'Act, monkey!' When it came out I was like, hot DAMN."
She wasn't jealous she didn't get the part, putting most missed auditions down to fate.
Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska landed the iconic role of Alice.
"The only time I've been truly devastated about not getting a part was [Alice] in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. That one KILLED me. But she [Aussie actor Mia Wasikowska, who played Alice] was perfect and amazing, and I couldn't have done a British accent."
Lawrence recently announced she's planning to take a year off from her acting career to focus on political activism. The 27-year-old will work with Represent. Us, an organisation that aims to "bring together conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to pass powerful anti-corruption laws that stop political bribery, end secret money, and fix our broken elections".
"I'm going to be working with this organisation as a part of Represent. Us ... trying to get young people engaged politically on a local level. It doesn't have anything to do with partisan (politics)," she told Entertainment Tonight.
"It's just anti-corruption and stuff trying to pass state-by-state laws that can help prevent corruption, fix our democracy."
