Jennifer Lawrence Talks About Filming Nude and Embracing Her Body in 'Die My Love'
At a special screening of her new film Die My Love, 35-year-old actress Jennifer Lawrence shared how she embraced the challenges of filming nude scenes and why she refused to have her body digitally altered.
“I don’t care about nudity. I’m not sensitive about it,” Lawrence said to the audience in a video captured by Vulture.
She added that she wanted director Lynne Ramsay to have complete artistic freedom during the filmmaking process, explaining that she felt more comfortable in her skin after becoming a mother.
“I think being pregnant took away a lot of vanity and anxiety. Before No Hard Feelings, I was dieting, avoiding carbs, and constantly working out,” she explained. “But during Die My Love, I was just tired — I was pregnant with my second child.”
When the post-production team offered to retouch some close-up shots, Lawrence refused.
“They sent over a close-up of cellulite and asked, ‘Do you want us to touch this up?’ I said, ‘No — that’s an ass.’”
She said the experience felt liberating, allowing her to focus on the emotional truth of her role as Grace, a new mother struggling with postpartum psychosis in the psychological thriller.
Lawrence shares two sons with her husband, Cooke Maroney — three-year-old Cy and another baby born earlier this year. The actress has previously spoken about her postpartum anxiety, telling The New Yorker:
“I just thought every time he was sleeping he was dead,” she said of her first child.
Author’s Summary
Jennifer Lawrence embraced natural authenticity in Die My Love, rejecting digital retouching and opening up about how motherhood reshaped her body image and confidence.