Jennifer Lawrenceis getting real about the nudity for her new filmNo Hard Feelings.
“I took a deep breath and then I disrobed,” Lawrence, 32, tells PEOPLE of shooting her nude scene in the raunchy new romantic comedy.
Her costar Andrew Barth Feldman, 21, agrees that the process of psyching himself up to appear nude on-camera is “definitely a weird and uncomfortable thing to do for any human being on the planet Earth.
“But it was so incredibly safe,” he adds. “Everyone was so kind, constantly checking in that we were okay.”
No Hard Feelingsstars the Oscar-winning actress as Maddie, a young woman in enough financial trouble to answer an unusual Craigslist ad from two “wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to ‘date’ their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college," as the film’s official synopsis says.
“To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing,” it adds.
“I never second guessed it,” Feldman tells PEOPLE of his nude scene filmed atop a car. “Much like everything in this movie, you just have to do it, and then it will be done.”
To which Lawrence adds wryly: “Because you’re being forced to.”
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Gene Stupnitsky, writer-director ofThe Office,Jury Dutyand the filmGood Boys, directedNo Hard Feelingsand co-wrote the script with John Phillips, basing its story on areal Craigslist ad.
“Gene read the Craigslist ad to me, and I died laughing,” Lawrence toldEntertainment Weeklyof the initial idea. “I thought it was hilarious, but there wasn’t a script or anything. I just thought he had a funny idea. And then a couple years later, he handed me the funniest script I’ve ever read in my life.
“I guess I like cringe humor,” she added. “I do like the idea of comedy that makes people uncomfortable. I love when people are watching through their hands, through their fingers. Nothing makes me happier.”
“The car [scene] was so exciting,” Feldman tells PEOPLE. “The sort of crucial part of my junk was up against the hood, so I didn’t really have to worry about that… It was a big fun ride.”
He jokingly adds, “‘Crucial Part of my Junk’ is the new name of the movie.”
Baring all for the cameras was integral to the bond Lawrence and Feldman forged as friends while shooting in Montauk, New York. “I love him so much,” says Lawrence.
“I’m so thankful that I get to do it with you,” Feldman tells his costar. “And with this story that I care so much about. It’s like it’s a weirdly perfect storm. It’s the best.”
No Hard Feelingswill premiere in theaters June 23.
source: people.com
