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Jennifer Lawrence Says Women Directors Refrain From Over-Directing, Praises Lynne Ramsay’s Approach

The comments were published from a Vulture Q&A timed to the U.S. theatrical release of Die My Love from Mubi.

Overview

  • Lawrence told Vulture she notices a difference working with women filmmakers, saying they are less likely to over-direct than some male counterparts.
  • She described certain male directors as feeling the need to constantly assert control, calling the behavior annoying and at times neurotic.
  • Lawrence highlighted Ramsay’s method on Die My Love as the opposite of over-directing, with careful world-building followed by stepping back to let performances emerge.
  • Ramsay said she gave actors space and let takes run long to encourage discovery, citing unscripted moments that arose from that freedom.
  • Die My Love, based on Ariana Harwicz’s novel and starring Lawrence with Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield, Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek, opened Nov. 7 in U.S. theaters via Mubi.