Jennifer Lawrence: For each candid shot, I spend 3 hours running from paps
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
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