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Jennifer Lawrence slept with director of film which she admits she 'doesn't understand'

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Published 09:36 19 Jan 2025 GMT

Jennifer Lawrence slept with director of film which she admits she 'doesn't understand'

Lawrence opened up on the bizarre 2017 film that she starred in

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Jennifer Lawrence revealed that she's still lost on the plot of one of her most successful movies, despite being in a relationship with its director at the time.

The 34-year-old is now happily married to Cooke Maroney with a second child on the way, but the star continues to be overly eager to share details about her private life.

Rising to stardom as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series, Lawrence also won an Oscar for her role in 2012 movie Silver Linings Playbook.

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However, one of the actor's films made headlines for an admission that she made on a talk show in 2023.

Released in 2017, the horror film, titled Mother!, directed by Darren Aronofsky, stars Lawrence as the titular character.

The flick follows a poet and his wife, whose calm life becomes a hectic mess when uninvited guests start to show up to their home in the countryside, uninvited.

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Described by many viewers as confusing and bizarre, the thriller is shrouded in symbolism and tone rather than character and plot, meaning it can be easy to get lost as the story progresses.

And, it turns out that filmgoers weren't the only ones who weren't entirely sure what the fever dream of a movie was trying to say.

In a conversation with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, Lawrence admitted she was still baffled by the movie.

The actor has never been shy to spill the beans (Phillip Faraone/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)
The actor has never been shy to spill the beans (Phillip Faraone/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)

The host asked: “On a scale of one to totally confused, how much did you understand your film Mother!?"

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Lawrence responded: “I’m going to be honest. Well, I was sleeping with the director, so I had CliffsNotes. So… five? Or a four. But if anybody needs any tips on understanding their films, you know what to do!"

When Cohen joked back, "F*** the director?," Lawrence replied: "Yeah!"

The actor tried to explain the film's plot in an interview with Deadline in 2017.

“The most important thing to know about this film before seeing it is that it’s all allegory. It’s all metaphor that’s tied to this narrative. It’s the creation and decimation of the universe, including Biblical themes and creation of religion," she said.

“I represent Mother Earth, and what I have is Baby Jesus - if we guess the religion. I play this woman who has built this home from the ground up. I’m in a relationship with an artist who is obsessed with needing appreciation from me first, and then I’m not enough."

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Lawrence isn't exactly sure about the plot of Mother! (Paramount Pictures)
Lawrence isn't exactly sure about the plot of Mother! (Paramount Pictures)

Lawrence dated Aronofsky, who also directed Black Swan, for a year before they broke up in November 2017.

J-Law also revealed that with the director thinking of Mother! as 'his baby,' she found it hard to relax.

In an interview with Variety, she said: “Normally, I promote a movie, ask people to go see it, and then it’s just out of your hands.

“I normally just kind of let it go. Dating the director was different. We’d be on the [press] tour together, and that’s all he wants to talk about, and I get it. It’s his baby.

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He wrote it. He conceived it. He directed it. I was doing double duty trying to be a supportive partner while also being like, ‘Can I please, for the love of God, not think about Mother! for one second?’”

Featured Image Credit: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images/Paramount Pictures

Topics: Jennifer Lawrence, Celebrity, Film

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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