Jennifer Lawrence has never shied away from a little friendly rivalry with Emma Stone — and she recently shared the one part she truly wished had gone her way.
Speaking during a live Q&A with entertainment journalist Josh Horowitz at the 92NY Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York City on Wednesday, Jan. 7, the 35-year-old actress admitted that Easy A was the role that stung the most.
“The one that I wanted that she got was Easy A,” Lawrence said.
“I was nuts for Easy A, and I really should have gotten it, right? The movie could have turned out great,” she joked of the breakout hit.
Lawrence also touched on Stone’s recent SAG nomination for her performance in Bugonia, noting that she herself was left out of the nominations for Die My Love.
“We were over in [our friend] group chat, and she got nominated for SAG today, and I did not,” she said.
“And I wrote, like, ‘What?’ And all of our friends were like, ‘Congratulations, Emma!' And then I would just do, like, a sad face. And then every time she's tried to talk today, I've just been like, ‘Why are you talking and not sorry? If you can talk, why are you not so sorry?’ ” she added playfully.
She then made it clear there’s no real bitterness behind the banter, saying: “No, she's been beating me for decades, and it's an honor.”
During the conversation, Lawrence also looked back on her early audition days, revealing she never had formal acting training — something that made for a few awkward moments in casting rooms.
“I didn't do, like, [acting] classes or lessons, so when I started auditioning, I was just, you know, learning myself and teaching myself with no real feedback,” she explained.
“So I remember one of my first auditions, I was doing this [covers part of her face with her hand] — which I thought was brilliant because it's so realistic. And they were like, ‘Cut, cut, what are you doing?’ “ she continued. "And I was like, ‘Well the scene is outside,’ … and they were like, ‘Move your hand away from your face!’ So stuff like that."
“I wasn't a good auditioner,” the Oscar winner admitted. “But then every once in a while, you know, you get a callback.”