Jennifer Lawrence Reveals Why She Finds Sex Scenes with Strangers Easier

Jennifer Lawrence recently shared her thoughts on filming intimate scenes, revealing she prefers working with co-stars she doesn’t know.

Speaking during a live recording of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Lawrence told People that being on set with strangers makes s** scenes less awkward.

The Oscar-winning actress compared her experience on “Die My Love” with co-star Robert Pattinson to filming scenes with close friend Josh Hutcherson in the “Hunger Games” films. “It was actually easier that way because Rob and I did not know each other, which is kind of better, you know?” Lawrence explained.

“Like in ‘Hunger Games,’ me and Josh Hutcherson would have to kiss and that’s like… Imagine it. You know, it’s weirder and so yeah, doing it with a stranger is preferable.”

“Die My Love,” directed by Lynne Ramsay, follows a new mother struggling with psychosis. Lawrence and Pattinson filmed a nude scene together on the very first day of shooting. While the production had an intimacy coordinator, Lawrence later said on the Las Culturistas podcast that she didn’t feel she needed one.

“We did not have [an intimacy coordinator], or maybe we did but we didn’t really… I felt really safe with Rob,” she said. “He is not pervy and very in love with [partner] Suki Waterhouse. We mostly were just talking about our kids and relationships. There was never any weird like, ‘Does he think I like him?’ If there was a little bit of that I would probably have an intimacy coordinator. A lot of male actors get offended if you don’t want to… and then the punishment starts. He was not like that.”

Lawrence also opened up about how her perspective on nudity has changed over the years. For “Die My Love,” she says she didn’t worry about how she looked on camera, a contrast to her preparation for the R-rated comedy “No Hard Feelings,” where she worked hard to stay in shape.

“I don’t care about nudity. I’m not sensitive about it,” she said. “I wanted Lynne to have total freedom artistically… I think being pregnant took a lot of, like, vanity anxiety away. Before ‘No Hard Feelings,’ I was dieting and not eating carbs and working out. I was pregnant [for ‘Die My Love’]. Like, what was I gonna do? Not eat? I was working 15 hours a day. I was just tired… I remember, like, them sending over a close-up of cellulite and being like, ‘Do you want us to touch this up?’ And I was like, ‘No. That’s an a**.’”

Lawrence’s candidness highlights how actors navigate the challenges of filming intimate scenes. By choosing to work with strangers or co-stars she trusts, she finds it easier to focus on the work rather than personal dynamics.

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