Jennifer Lawrence CALLS OUT Her Middle School Bully

This movie was so much fun. When I tell you, I was just like kiki-ing all up in the audience. Oh, thank you. It also gave me like the ultimate late 90s, early 2000 vibe, right? It took me back to prom. It took me back to learning how to drive and even my first kiss. So what was the most memorable moment from your own high school experience or maybe your own prom that you guys drew in and can kind of recall for me? Probably the fact that I didn't go to prom. And I didn't either. Neither of us, both of us in real life actually did not go to our proms. And so I think like in terms of what we were bringing from that experience, like it was really that day was really us kind of also actually going to prom for the first time, which was pretty awesome. Yes. I think I was very afraid of the world in so many ways in high school, I think. Nobody invited me. Is that true? I was in New York auditioning. This is the plot of a film that we're talking about right now. That is so funny. It's funny. You said that no one invited you and you were in New York auditioning. I'm curious, Jennifer, one of the overarching themes of this movie is bullying, right? Of course, it happens to Andrew's character and getting past that. So were either of you ever bullied in real life? And are you now getting the last laugh? Like, I'm a movie star. This one girl named Meredith handed me a stack of invitations to her birthday party, but I was not invited. She asked me to hand them out. Oh my god. Isn't that so mean? Wow. It's fine. I spit on them. Was that like middle school? Or like high school? Middle school. Yeah, middle schoolers are just so mean. I was bullied and I was a bully in middle school. I was an accidental bully because I pantsed this kid named Tyler because we were like pantsing people at a football game and I accidentally grabbed his underwear and he got really embarrassed and I feel really bad. I'm sorry. To this day? That's good. Real remorse. I like sometimes Google him just to be like, you all right? Listen, this film takes us back to the heyday of the great, you know, racy comedies of the 90s, as I mentioned. What were some of your fave films from that time that maybe helped you inspire your role for this? Like, you know, American Pie and, I mean, the list goes on. Andrew, let's start with you. Oh, I mean, I think like this character is so singular. I think tonally he could live in the world of like a movie like Superbad, but he's not in this movie, is not really in conversation with that movie. I know my favorite always was Anchorman growing up, like Anchorman. I have a bust of Ron Burgundy in my apartment, actually. You have a lot of weird things in your apartment. I have a lot of weird stuff around. Somebody will say the most random thing and he'll be like, I have that in my apartment. What were some of your favorite, Jennifer? I saw Stepbrothers in the theater four times. Dumb and Dumber was a huge one. Uncle Buck. Animal House, but that's way older than that. I mean, the Ghostbusters. Yeah. Listen, final question for you, Jennifer. Everyone in the movie theater, when we walked out, was like, finally, finally, she took on a full comedic feature film. So that was the big bravo, right? As well as just you all's just depictions of the characters. You mesh so well together. But I'm curious, has motherhood drawn you more to these lighthearted, funny movies like this? And how has it changed the way that you pick the roles? I don't think so. It was definitely fun. If there's ever an opportunity to do something this funny again, I would jump at it. But I don't think so. Only in the sense of when I'm doing something or how much I'm doing has that kind of changed. Is this one of the movies that you think you'll let your son watch? I don't think he'll want to. Yeah, I know. I don't want him to see it. Yeah, I don't worry about him pushing play on that. You said never. Last question, is there one that you're excited to show him one day? Maybe the movie that you're proud to show him one day? Oh, I bet he'll love The Hunger Games. Yeah.