Jennifer Lawrence on Her Most UNCOOL Phase & 'No Hard Feelings' (Exclusive)

Hey guys, it's so good to see you. I am so excited to be talking to you because I have to tell both of you, I was howling at this movie. Like on the floor, howling. It gave me everything and more than I wanted. What was it like between the two of you on set and how did you keep a straight face filming this movie? We didn't. We just didn't. We didn't. We never tried. I mean, yeah, it was, I mean, Andrew is one of my dearest, dearest friends now. I mean, we clicked from day one. So that made the experience wonderful. I can't think of a time we were not having fun. I can't either, except when you weren't on set. Yeah. And yeah, I mean, we were just laughing and Gene also was the head writer on The Office. So he just throws out alternate lines and just thinks of them immediately. And they're just so overwhelmingly funny. So then you have a whole other, you know, line to contend with trying not to break at. Yeah, well, and Jennifer, I know you've wanted for a while to do a really, really big comedy and you got that. So when you read the script, what made you say, man, I have to be a part of this movie? It was the funniest script I've ever read. Wow. That simple. Wow. So you've read a lot over the years. Yeah, I've always been open to doing a comedy. I've read plenty. This was my first one I ever read. Yeah. So I said, yeah. That's amazing. Amazing. Both of your characters throughout this movie, they go through things that push them outside of their comfort zone, we'll say. So I'm curious to know in your own lives over the last couple of years, can you remember a time when you were pushed out of your comfort zone and you were happy that you were? Birth. Yeah, me too. When Jen birthed me, that was a big one out of my comfort zone. That's amazing. And I figured that was your dynamic. I caught that from the film. Andrew, you are a big, big Broadway star. I'm a New York City boy. We know you well here in the city and you went from stage to screen in such a beautiful way. We even get a little musical number from you. What was it like kind of making that big transition and what were you guys doing behind the scenes? Were you singing? Did you bring out a duet in Jennifer at all? I remember there was one day that we were singing together. We were at the dog shelter, we were just singing and I was kind of doing a silly voice and you were singing with me. You said, wait, are you doing your best? Because I'm doing my best. No, I don't think there was like a ton of singing on set, especially, yeah, no, we weren't like, I don't think I was like singing a lot. No, I mean, I wish you had. Yeah, you were holding it tap dancing. Yeah, the transition was like, it's definitely just kind of, it feels like a totally different muscle because with film, like you have these lines you're gonna say today and you're gonna say them 15 times today and then you're never ever gonna think about them ever again in your life. Whereas in theater, you're gonna do it again tomorrow and you tell this full story every night and you're your own editor. So there's a big release in doing film of like releasing faith to the editor and the directory that like, okay, if you have it, then you have it and I trust you. But really the pivot wasn't like a deliberate, like I wanna do film now instead of theater. I love theater and I love film. It was just the story meant so much to me and I was, it's so funny. Yeah, yeah, you were brilliant in it. And also brilliant was all of the physical comedy. I love those moments. Jennifer, for you, what was it like doing those scenes? Was it grueling? Was it hard? Did you just have fun? I mean, it's a lot of exercise because whatever you're watching, it's been done like 10, maybe 15 times. So a lot of rollerblading up hills, but it's fun. I mean, all of it was fun. Yeah, I mean, I loved our car stunt scenes. Those were always a blast. Yeah, there were a lot of great scenes in the film. And another, I guess, theme of this movie is essentially, Jennifer, your character, Maddie, is making Andrew's character, Percy, cool, right? It's kind of giving him street cred. So is there a phase that you guys have both gone through in your lives where you look back and you're like, ooh, that was kind of not my coolest phase? I mean, I have a million, so do you have any? Yeah, I mean, like, what? How much time, how many decades do you want? Give me one, give me one. The one, probably the ones that I was on camera for, early 20s, if I could just carve out any interviews of me from like 21, like 25, just like, boop. I think the least cool I've ever been is when I was ever trying to be cool. Like, when I was in middle school, I feel like I really tried to get like a Bieber, Zac Efron hair going and was trying to take myself really seriously. The texture of your hair. I know, it never stuck, it never stuck. Yeah, that was, but it's been pretty rare ever in my life that I've tried to be a cool person. And I've learned that it doesn't really work for me and I do my best like this. I'll take the Efron haircut. I went through a phase, sophomore year of high school where I was shaving my head every day, not good. Whoa. Well, congrats on growing it back, man. Yeah. Looks great. Thank you, thank you. I've had some time, so thank you. Thank you, thank you, I appreciate that. And also, you guys, you know, I love the idea, the concept of this movie, right? There was a job that was offered to your character, Jennifer, and you took it out of necessity. So has there ever been a job that you both took over the years out of necessity that you look back and are like, okay, I did it because I had to and let's file that one away? No, I mean, we both became actors so young. Yeah, so acting. Yeah, acting is literally the answer. Yeah, I was like, we were both like camp counselors though. Right? Yeah, we both worked at camps. That was the close, that was like, I need to do something during the summer so I'll like be a bus counselor. I missed the bus as a bus counselor all the time. I was supposed to sit with the kids and like get them to camp and I would oversleep almost every night. Wow, that's a terrible counselor. Who was the better counselor between the two of you? Who would you guess? It had to be you. I feel like it was you. It was me. I was a really, really good counselor and I always had to put the boys' kids' sunblock on for them because the boys felt uncomfortable putting sunblock on a bunch of kids. So I had to put sunblock on my group and five other, 50 kids. So I learned how to do it extremely fast. You should see me. I'm like. MVP, I give you credit, man. Thank you. And lastly, you guys, there's so much going on right now in the world. This, for me, was a movie where you could just laugh and have fun and escape in. What do you hope people get from the film? Exactly that. I just hope people laugh their asses off and have a great time. Yeah, there's no, we're not trying to tell you anything, really. You know? Except maybe what not to do. Yeah, don't do the stuff that these characters do, mostly. Yeah, that's, it's a cautionary tale, if anything. But for the most part, yeah, we hope you just have like a truly good time. Good. Oh, congratulations to you both. And Jennifer, real quick before we go, I have to say your video that went viral online of you and Adele going to a gay bar. I had friends there that night and they were like, they were awesome. We were dancing and singing and drinking and partying. So on behalf of Pride Month and the community, thank you for being an ally. Oh, thank you. Thanks for having me.