Would you want to be stuck in a locked car with Leonardo DiCaprio?
According to Jennifer Lawrence, the answer is "maybe not."
"You know I had a feeling."
Jennifer Lawrence is returning to the silver screen with "Don't Look Up," the upcoming
Netflix dark comedy by Adam McKay, and she's back to revealing hilarious anecdotes with
her co-stars — including Leonardo DiCaprio.
Lawrence, who was once named "World's Highest Paid Actress" in 2016 by Forbes, made herself
a household name when she portrayed Katniss Everdeen in the blockbuster "The Hunger Games"
film series, and later won Best Actress for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook."
However, in recent years, she stepped away from the spotlight for personal reasons.
The actor recently told Vanity Fair that she had "gotten sick" of herself as a Hollywood
star and felt disconnected from the film projects she took on.
She told the mag, quote, "I was not pumping out the quality that I should have."
In her time away from the limelight, Lawrence married her husband Cooke Maroney in October
2019, and the couple is now expecting their first baby together.
Following her return to acting in "Don't Look Up," Lawrence is back to her old ways of telling
it like it is while doing press, baby bump and all.
During an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Lawrence spilled some major
tea about working with co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet.
In particular, the star dished about filming a scene in a car with the two actors.
Some would consider that the experience of a lifetime, but Lawrence joked that it was
the most annoying day of her life.
"They drove me crazy that day."
According to Lawrence, Chalamet was apparently over-eager to be out of the house filming
his first scene of the film, while DiCaprio spent his time over-explaining a song playing
in the car.
"I just remember being in absolute misery that day."
"So being with those two guys is awful."
"It was hell."
Lawrence was also the cause of some other unique experiences on the set of "Don't Look
Up."
Speaking in an interview with Vanity Fair, she discussed her character, Kate, who wears
nose rings.
Jennifer Lawrence didn't get her nose pierced for the role, but maybe she should've considered
it.
She described the nature of the nose rings in the interview, saying,
"One just kind of hangs in; one is a magnet.
And many, many times I accidentally inhaled said magnet and had to spit it out in front
of Leonardo DiCaprio."
And while Jennifer Lawrence might have joked that it was "hell" working with a Hollywood
heartthrob like Leonardo DiCaprio, she has gone on the record to defend him, too.
According to The Guardian, despite all of the debates over equal pay, Lawrence actually
defended the larger paycheck DiCaprio received for his work on "Don't Look Up."
DiCaprio reportedly received $30 million for his role in the film, while Lawrence was right
behind him at $25 million.
Explaining the gap, Lawrence said that numbers are numbers and that her co-star has a better
track record when it comes to viewership and ticket sales.
She told Vanity Fair, quote, "Leo brings in more box office than I do.
I'm extremely fortunate and happy with my deal."
However, she also added,
"In other situations, what I have seen — and I'm sure other women in the workforce have
seen as well — is that it's extremely uncomfortable to inquire about equal pay.
And if you do question something that appears unequal, you're told it's not gender disparity
but they can't tell you what exactly it is."
But then again, this isn't the first time that Lawrence has spoken about the gender
pay gap in Hollywood.
Back in 2015, Jennifer Lawrence wrote an essay in Lena Dunham's newsletter, Lenny Letter,
about Hollywood's problem when it comes to equal pay across genders.
She admitted that she felt mad at herself — and not the industry — when she found
out that she was getting paid less than some of her male co-stars.
Lawrence was paid less than her male co-stars in the 2015 hit film, "American Hustle" -- but,
according to her, that was only because she had yet to learn how to fight for herself
and her self-worth.
She said in an interview with The Guardian,
"I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early.
I didn't want to keep fighting over millions of dollars that, frankly, due to two franchises,
I don't need."
But she didn't let that stop her when it came to future negotiations.
As she put it,
"I'm over trying to find the 'adorable' way to state my opinion and still be likable!
F--- that."
"I put out the fire.
The fire is out."
Check out one of our newest videos right here!
Plus, even more Nicki Swift videos about the latest celebrity gossip are coming soon.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the bell so you don't miss a single one.