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Jennifer Lawrence has established herself as one of the most beloved and influential Hollywood actors of current times. She is not only one of the youngest actors to win an Oscar in the Best Actress category but has managed to work with legendary directors and big studios throughout her career.
As such, one would think that her bagging such massive accomplishments at such a young age would help her achieve a strong agency in her still-progressing career early on. The truth, however, is quite the opposite.
Lawrence spoke at length about her struggles post-Oscar win and becoming world renowned for her role inThe Hunger Gamesin an interview once. According to her, instead of making her more comfortable and confident her achievements made her feel a loss of control. Thankfully she has overcome those struggles in the following years, but it has left a mark on her all the same.
Jennifer Lawrence felt a loss of control after herHunger Gamesstint and Oscar win
For most people when they think about a young actor being rewarded by the Oscars for their hard work, it paints a picture of unending opportunities opening up for them for the rest of their career. While it is true to some extent for many actors, there can be a downside to it.
ForJennifer Lawrence, particularly, making her mark so early on in her career came with unforeseen challenges.The Hunger Gamesactor spoke about it during the Screen Talk session of the London Film Festival in 2022.
As perVariety, the actress claimed that she felt a massive loss of control when her career started peaking following the release ofSurvivorinspired movieThe Hunger Games, and her Oscar win forSilver Linings Playbook.
Between ‘The Hunger Games‘ coming out and winning the Oscar, I became such a commodity that I felt like every decision was a big, big group decision.
Although she has since come past those struggles, it has left its mark. She noted that she still can’t think of those years, as there was such a massive“loss of control”on her part.
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What made her weather that tempest, though, was the tenacity and faith in herself she kept through the challenges life threw at her. This, more than anything else, helped her snatch her identity back from that tumultuous period.
Jennifer Lawrence claimed that Robert De Niro helped her calm down during their work together
Jennifer Lawrence also shared tidbits from her experience working with legendary industry veterans at such a young age in the same interview. As fans are aware, she was in her early twenties when she filmed and even won the Best Actress Oscar for her movieSilver Linings Playbook.
She not only starred oppositeBradley Cooperin the movie, but had to hold her own againstRobert De Niro. Inevitably, the project came with its fair share of nerves. Miraculously, though, it was none other than theTaxi Driverstar who helped her calm down on the set.
He’s a warm, sweet person. Obviously, it’s very intimidating (working with De Niro), but as soon as you meet him, he says ‘Call me Bob.’
De Niro’s warm and nonchalant attitude helped her put her best work forward and resulted in her Academy Award win at just 22 years old. Since then, she has starred inDavid O. Russell’sJoy, which earned her another Oscar nomination,Darren Aronofsky’sMother!, and many more notable films.
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For now, Lawrence has an exciting lineup of movies scheduled. As per theW Magazine, among them is Lynne Ramsay’sDie, My Lovewhich is expected to premiere in the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
The Hunger Gamesis streaming on Prime Video, and you can watchSilver Linings Playbookon MAX.
Anushree Banerjee
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Anushree Banerjee is an Anime Writer at FandomWire with over 550 published articles. She has a post-grad in English and years of experience working with some of the biggest companies on the pop culture, and anime scene, such as, Sportskeeda, Pinkvilla, and MovieWeb. Staying on top of everything anime consumes her days, while bingeing on everything horror, and thriller keeps her up at night. Be it superhero flicks from Marvel and DC, or Shonen, and Seinen, like Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, and Attack on Titan, she can probably state facts about them faster than she can recite her home address.
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