Jennifer Lawrence ‘born to do hard R comedies’: ‘Sweet spot’

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She’s stumbled into a new career path.Dramatic actress Jennifer Lawrence was “born to do hard R comedies,” Cameron Diaz assures her in the latest issue of Interview Magazine. “It might be your sweet spot.”Lawrence, the mag’s summer cover star, gets down and dirty with the “Bad Teacher” actress as they lament the lack of “laugh-out-loud funny” flicks ahead of the Friday release of Lawrence’s raunchy comedy “No Hard Feelings.”“We just need the laugh right now, because we’re living in a nightmare,” Lawrence, 32, admits in the interview.In “No Hard Feelings,” Lawrence plays a financially struggling Uber driver who “dates” an awkward teenager at the behest of his parents, who offer her a Buick Regal.“Whatever I was feeling while making that movie, if that’s my sweet spot, then I don’t ever want to do anything else,” the Oscar winner told Diaz, who could be considered a raunchy comedy icon herself with roles in “Sex Tape” and “There’s Something About Mary.”Lawrence, on the other hand, is historically a heroine.

Her credits include Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games,” Mystique in the “X-Men” films, and the leading lady of several other dramas.Aside from her hysterical role in 2021’s “Don’t Look Up,” Lawrence is a bit of a comedy novice, but hopes to fill a space within the genre.“I’ve always wanted to do comedy, and I’ve been asked a million times,” she said. “I was never against it, but you’ve seen the movies that come out.