Jennifer Lawrence has revealed that she was “easy to f*** with” after she got high during filming for a scene in Don’t Look Up with Meryl Streep.
Jennifer Lawrence has revealed that she got high during filming for a scene opposite Meryl Streep in Don’t Look Up. Lawrence stars in Adam McKay’s upcoming feature that is set for a dual release this December, initially coming to theatres and then Netflix shortly after.
Don’t Look Up will see The Hunger Games star take on the role of weed-loving astronomer Dr. Kate Dibiasky who is desperately trying to save the world after discovering that a deadly asteroid is heading directly towards the earth. The Mamma Mia actress is just one of Lawrence’s high-profile co-stars that the film boasts, with Streep set to play the President in Don’t Look Up.
At a Q&A in Los Angeles earlier this week, writer/director Adam McKay made reference to just how much Lawrence really leaned into character. (At the conversation, they were joined by co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep.)
“I know what you’re going to say, and I wasn’t pregnant [at the time],” said Lawrence, who announced back in September that she was expecting her first child.
McKay then explained that the “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Hunger Games” star asked for permission to toke up for a scene featuring Streep that had no lines of spoken dialogue. “Because my character was getting high in the movie,” Lawrence said.
“So Jen was like, ‘Are you gonna throw me some improv?,’ which we always do,” said McKay, whose satirical ensemble comedies like “Vice” and “The Big Short” have received Oscar nominations over the years. “And I was like, ‘No, you can get high.’”
He added, “I kept turning to my script supervisor, Cate Hardman, and was like, ‘I just want to say, Hey, Jen. I think I have a monologue idea for you.’ And I would look at Jen and be like, ‘I can’t do it. It would be too mean.’ So I left you alone.”
“I was a real target,” Lawrence added. “Everyone was f*cking with me. … I guess because I was high. Easy to f*ck with.”