Jennifer Lawrence is back to take her first stab at comedy with only her second appearance in a film since welcoming Cy in February 2022.
The 32-year-old stars in the coming-of-age sex-comedy No Hard Feelings (releasing June 23) opposite Andrew Barth Feldman, and in a new interview, she revealed why this film meant so much to her.
Appearing on Good Morning America on Monday, Jennifer described her initial intention to take a mini-break from acting after giving birth to her son, shared with husband Cooke Maroney.
"I had just had a baby, so I definitely wasn't planning on working," she told George Stephanopoulos, but that's when she got the script for No Hard Feelings.
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"And I just, I read the script, and it was just too funny. It was the funniest thing I had ever read," she gushed about the script, co-written by John Phillips and Gene Stupnitsky, with the latter also acting as director.
© Getty ImagesThe film is about Maddie (played by Jennifer), a young woman working as an Uber driver who is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy when her car is repossessed.
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Desperate for income, she answers an odd Craigslist job posting, introducing her to a wealthy set of parents who want someone to date their 19-year-old son Percy (played by Andrew), who shows no interest in dating or sex, in exchange for a Buick.
© Getty ImagesJennifer explained to George how the film's plot came about because of an actual advertisement that director Gene spotted on Craigslist.
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"Yeah, about four years ago – the director's a good friend of mine," she said. "We've been friends for a long time. And we were getting dinner, and he showed me the Craigslist ad.
© Getty Images"And I just thought it was hilarious, but I in no way thought I was gonna, like, be in the movie or that – there was no movie. It was just the ad, and we laughed about it. And then four years later, he sent me the script."
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She did dive deeper into life as a new mother with her family-of-three, saying: "There is just once you start your family, it's just – it's the greatest thing in the world. I'm just gonna try to take in every second and be present and enjoy it."
© Getty ImagesJennifer and Cooke first met in the spring of 2018 and were engaged after less than a year of dating. They tied the knot in October 2019 at the Belcourt of Newport mansion in Rhode Island, a famed Golden Age summer "cottage" from the 1890s.
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"Every instinct in my body wants to protect their privacy for the rest of their lives, as much as I can," she previously told Vanity Fair about protecting her son's privacy.
© Getty ImagesShe maintained that she prefers to keep her role as an actor and her role as a mom as separated as possible, and added: "I don't want anyone to feel welcome into their existence. And I feel like that just starts with not including them in this part of my work."
