Jennifer Lawrence said having children has “changed her creatively” at the Cannes press conference for Lynne Ramsay’s Competition entry Die, My Love.
Lawrence and co-star Robert Pattinson discussed the film in the context of their own parenthood.
“Having children changes everything, it changes your whole life, it’s brutal and incredible,” said Lawrence. “Not only do they go into every decision of if I’m working, where, when – I didn’t know that I could feel so much.
“My job has a lot to do with emotion,” continued Lawrence. “They’ve opened up the world to me. It’s almost like feeling like a blister, so sensitive. They’ve changed my life for the best, and they’ve changed me creatively. I highly recommend having kids if you want to be an actor.”
Pattinson began his response by saying “Having a baby gives you the biggest trove of energy and inspiration.”
“You get energy?!” interjected Lawrence.
“This question is impossible for a guy to answer correctly!” laughed Pattinson. “What Jennifer said – I’m here just to support!”
“It has reinvigorated the way I approach work,” he continued. “You’re a completely different person the next day.
Lawrence plays a woman who struggles with psychosis in a rural American outpost. With Pattinson playing her husband, the cast also includes LaKeith Stanfield, Sissy Spacek and Nick Nolte.
Lawrence also told press that a nude scene on the first day of filming was the hardest day on set.
“The day before our first day, Lynne showed Rob and I a scene from If…. It was these actors, and they’re attacking each other like tigers.”
“We were like ‘OK’,” said Lawrence. “And [Ramsay] said, ‘And you’ll do it naked, yeah?’ That was the first day.”
Ramsay plans
After Lawrence described Spacek as one of “the sweetest” performers she has worked with Ramsay teased that she is going to work with the Carrie star again. “Although Sissy always plays parts with such love, we’re planning to make a movie where she’s a serial killer next,” said Ramsay. “We’re actually thinking about it.”
“I used to be a photographer,” joked Ramsay with the paparazzi outside in advance of the conference. “Who’s got the nicest camera?”
The Competition entry had its world premiere last night (Saturday, May 17).
Die, My Love is UK director Ramsay’s fourth time in Official Selection, after Un Certain Regard title Ratcatcher in 1999; followed by Competition entries We Need To Talk About Kevin in 2011 and You Were Never Really Here in 2017.
The Competition continues today with Kleber Mendonca Filho’s The Secret Agent and Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme.
No comments yet