“Actual nightmare of standing in front of a classroom naked”: Jennifer Lawrence Felt Empowered After Shooting N*de Scene In Red Sparrow

Popular for portraying the role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games franchise, and the ability to mesmerize the audience, Jennifer Lawrence breathed life into every single role that she took in her career. The way she carries herself is dynamic in every film, which makes her a natural selection for a number of diverse roles in any movie project, leading to her success in the industry.
Jennifer Lawrence
And whether it be playing a character in a comedy or being a superhero capable of destruction and mayhem, she was able to conquer it with relative ease to bring the best of herself onto the screen. But even for the star, there are some things that took a toll on her, like the time when she had to do nude scenes that terrified her and made her lose her confidence.

Jennifer Lawrence Reveals The Fear Of Doing Nue Scenes In Red Sparrow*

Jennifer Lawrence in a still from Red Sparrow

The true art of the world of cinema lies in the expression of every scene in vivid and artistic detail, which requires the actors and actresses to delve into the narrative and perform just as the script requires them to. Thus, when a story is told, it also has the chance to hold details that might require the star to strip down and emulate an environment in a certain way. Jennifer Lawrence revealed that on the sets of 2018’s Red Sparrow, she felt so tense shooting n*de in front of everyone that she describes it as a nightmare.

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In 2018, after the release of the film, the Passengers star revealed that while she might’ve gone full birthday suit in the film, it wasn’t as simple as a walk in the park. She said that when she went ahead with the film, she was ready to do what was necessary, but she wasn’t ready for the fear that actually came with doing something like this. But she persevered, and after performing those scenes, got a sense of empowerment. She said:
“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.”

Thus, by taking on a challenge, she emerged on the other side with more confidence and mental fortitude for her career in the future.

What Was Red Sparrow About?

A still from Red Sparrow
The film follows the story of Dominika Egorova, a former Ballerina who is conscripted to work for the Russian Intelligence in their Red Sparrow program, where female agents use their bodies as seductresses to extract necessary information from the intelligence agents from other countries. The story follows the journey of how Lawrence’s character sufferers one breaking trial after another until she becomes determined to find a way to leave it all behind.