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Topics: Hollywood, Jennifer Lawrence, US News, Celebrity, Film and TV
Joe Yates
Topics: Hollywood, Jennifer Lawrence, US News, Celebrity, Film and TV
Fans are fuming online after Jennifer Lawrence revealed the savage remarks about her acting she received from director David O'Russell while on set.
The pair have shot three films together, the first being Silver Linings Playbook in 2012 - which landed her an Oscar for best actress at just 22 years old, as well as American Hustle in 2013, and Joy two years later.
The 35-year-old received Academy Award nominations each time, but while shooting the production of American Hustle, O'Russell infamously made Amy Adams cry on set - with Christian Bale later revealing that he had to step in to mediate the dispute.
Now, while appearing as a guest on The New York Times' The Interview podcast, host Lulu Garcia-Navarro asked the star how she copes with working with notoriously demanding directors.
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"I stay loose. I think David O. Russell really taught me how to... I think because of David, I've never really - it's never really mattered what the director's kind of methodology is," Lawrence explained.
"I really felt like David, that was his way of of communicating in a non-bulls**t way. I never felt like he was like degrading or yelling at me.
"He didn't like something, he was just like, 'that was terrible - looked like s**t, do it better'. And that was like a very helpful conversation like, 'oh, okay. Do it better, how so?', 'I don't know? Slower, not so loud?'."
She added that it helps that she's not sensitive and she doesn't know how fans can be in the industry.
Fans online have blasted O'Russell for his directing method, insisting no one deserves to be talked down in such a way.
Taking to Reddit, one user wrote: "That's pretty unacceptable for any workplace, so I can only imagine how awful he was to every below the line worker on that set."
Another posted: "I hate how many women have to deal with these s**t managers and then defend them like this is acceptable. It’s not. I don’t care if he’s a 'genius' sounds like he’s an a**hole."
While a third penned: "As someone who dealt with being a woman in a hostile work environment by men, I’m so tired of these mediocre a**holes mistreating the women around them and us being 'celebrated' for taking it rather than coming down on the a**hole."
"He never degraded me! He simply said my work looked like s**t," another joked.
Meanwhile, others questioned the four-time Oscar-nominated director's instructions.
"'That looks like s***, do it better' is terrible direction," one user wrote.
Another added: "'That was terrible, it looked like s**t,' is vague, unhelpful, and hurtful. Directors need to communicate effectively. If he didn't like her take, he could have used constructive criticism."
UNILAD has attempted to contact David O'Russell's representatives for comment.