December 17, 2022
Watch: Jennifer Lawrence Implies Director Bryan Singer Throws 'Hissy Fits' On Set
Emell Adolphus READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Jennifer Lawrence has worked with some of the best actors and directors in Hollywood. But that doesn't mean all of them have been on their best behavior on set.
Lawrence made her comments at The Hollywood Reporter's roundtable discussion, where she, Michelle Williams, Michelle Yeoh, Danielle Deadwyler, Emma Corrin, and Claire Foy discussed clichés around women being emotional on movie sets.
Lawrence opened up about working with disgraced director Bryan Singer on three "X-Men" films, and implied that he threw "hissy fits" at work.
"It did always just make us laugh about how we ended up with, 'Women shouldn't be in roles like this because we're so emotional,' " Lawrence said. "I mean, I've worked with Bryan Singer. I've seen emotional men. I've seen the biggest hissy fits thrown on set."
Lawrence starred in three Singer-directed "X-Men" films: "First Class," "Days of Future Past," and "Apocalypse." Then he was replaced by writer-producer Simon Kinberg for the "X-Men" installment "Dark Phoenix," after Singer was accused of assaulting underage boys in 2019.
"It was the actors that approached me about directing the next of the X-Men movies. Jennifer especially," Kinberg said at the time. "Jen said she wouldn't come back for another movie unless I directed it. So, I had a lot of support from them."
As the star and producer of the Apple Original film "Causeway," Lawrence says the female-led production is "the calmest" set she's ever been on.
"It was making me laugh when we were talking about the hours and stuff because it was just so interesting to be on a female-led movie," Lawrence said. "My producing partner and I were the lead producers. We had a female director [Lila Neugebauer]. The schedule made sense. There were no huge fights. If an actor had a personal thing and wanted to leave early, instead of going, 'Oh! Well, we'd all love to leave early!' we'd put our heads together and go, 'OK. How can we figure this out?' We disagreed, and we listened to each other. Sometimes I was wrong and would learn that I was wrong, and sometimes I was right. It was incredible to not be around toxic masculinity. To get a little break from it."
She added, "I absolutely love working with female directors."
Watch the full discussion below.