Jennifer Lawrence has opened up on the scenes of nudity in her latest movie Red Sparrow, admitting that they were an “actual nightmare”.
Last week, Lawrence opened up on the psychological impact of her nude photo leak, which left her dealing with “a long period when I didn’t want to be seen sexually and I didn’t want anybody to see my flesh”.
Now, the star has told the Today Show in Australia: “It was really scary to say yes to the [Red Sparrow] movie because I knew the only way to tell the story is if I agreed to really do the scenes and go full Monty.
“It took a while to say yes – and the night before I didn’t sleep at all and I was obviously really nervous because it is the actual nightmare of standing in front of a classroom naked. But then after I finished the scene, I felt empowered.”
“It was really scary to say yes to the movie because I knew that the only way to tell the story is if I agreed to really do the scenes and go full monty…but then after I finished the scene I felt empowered.” – Jennifer Lawrence #9Today pic.twitter.com/tc3L98NEhX
— The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) February 26, 2018
Much has been made of Lawrence’s nude scenes in the upcoming movie, which follows the actress as she portrays Dominika Egorova, a former ballerina who is involuntarily drafted into the Russian secret service to act as a seductress.
Red Sparrow is directed by The Hunger Games‘ Francis Lawrence, and hits cinemas on March 2.