Jennifer Lawrence Says Method Actors Make Her ‘Nervous,’ Prefers Christian Bale’s Technique of Getting Ready ’10 Seconds to Action’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jennifer Lawrence sobbed in hot sauce-related pain during an interview on “Hot Ones,” in which she also expressed nerves over working with a Method actor.
Lawrence has worked with such acting heavyweights as Leonardo DiCaprio (“Don’t Look Up”) and Christian Bale (“American Hustle”) throughout her career, but no one has gone full Method to the point that Lawrence felt uncomfortable approaching them for a conversation. “I would be nervous to work with somebody who is Method,” Lawrence said. “I would have no idea how to talk to them.
Do I have to be in character? That would make me nervous. I haven’t seen another [acting] process that I’ve been curious about.
You don’t know about them all the time.” Lawrence said that working with Bale on “American Hustle” changed her acting process as she watched the Oscar winner get in and out of character while filming.
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