You’ve seen Jennifer Lawrence hold her own in films as diverse as Winter’s Bone,Silver Linings Playbook, and the X-Men and Hunger Games films. Now she may get a chance to do some really grim work in the new film from Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight. (Or The H8ful Eight, depending on how seriously you want to take the trailer’s title card.) A report from Collider says Lawrence is in talks for the film.
Despite the fact that there’s already a teaser trailer for the film, we don’t actually know the cast of The Hateful Eight at this point. Bruce Dern, Kurt Russell, Michael Madsen, James Remar, Walton Goggins, and Samuel L. Jackson are all rumored, thanks in part to their participation in the live-read of the script that took place recently in LA. But none are confirmed.
SJM: With Serena, does it seem surreal to be working on your third film with Jennifer Lawrence?
COOPER: Jennifer is such a wonderful girl. We’ve had so much fun working together and I’m so proud of her success. She’s one of the most down-to-earth and unpretentious individuals you could ever meet, and it’s such a pleasure to spend time with her. Jennifer is incredibly talented and she’s one of those natural performers who are instinctively good at what they do.SJM: How did Serena come about?
COOPER: Serena was a fluke, really. Jennifer was attached to it when we were doing Silver Linings. And then I looked at it, and I knew Susanne (Bier), and it was, “Why don’t we just do this together?”SJM: Have you and Jennifer developed a kind of acting shorthand together?
COOPER: (Laughs) It’s much easier when you have a natural rapport with another actor, and Jennifer and I both know each other so well that we don’t need to think too much about our scenes together. Bier is also an exceptional director and if you look at her films you can see how much sensitivity she brings to the characters in her films. I learned a lot from working with her and I think Jennifer also appreciated being able to be part of this kind of a story.
Choice Movie Villain
Donald Sutherland, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” (WINNER)
Michael Fassbender, “X-Men: Days of Future Past”
Jamie Foxx, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”
Kelsey Grammer, “Transformers: Age of Extinction”
Kate Winslet, “Divergent”Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” (WINNER)
Chris Evans, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
Andrew Garfield, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”
Chris Hemsworth, “Thor: The Dark World”
Liam Hemsworth, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” (WINNER)
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
“X-Men: Days of Future Past”
“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”
“Thor: The Dark World”Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (WINNER)
Halle Berry, “X-Men: Days of Future Past”
Scarlett Johansson, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
Natalie Portman, “Thor: The Dark World”
Emma Stone, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”
“But I have come to the conclusion now that fame doesn’t make you an a—hole. I got to meet Jennifer Lawrence, and she is one of the most famous people in the f—king world, and could not have been nicer. It’s in you or it isn’t in you. And basically, we are in an industry which facilitates and enables people to be d—-kheads if they want to be, and actually sometimes rewards it. The crazier you are, the more attention you get, or the more leeway you’re granted.”