Jennifer Lawrence gave Robert De Niro acting tips and he’s pretty okay with it.
On set you would automatically assume that Robert De Niro would be the one sharing all the acting tips and advice but, according to a new interview, apparently, Jennifer Lawrence gave De Niro advice on set before.
De Niro tells Haute Living Los Angeles that Jennifer Lawrence, his frequent co-star, has given him acting advice on set before.
“She might give me advice about the way a scene is going or the way I should play something; I’m pretty easy about that stuff,” says the 72-year-old, who is currently starring in Joy with the fellow Oscar winner, their third David O. Russell film together.
Despite working in the film business for years, the film veteran insisted he isn’t bothered by Jennifer Lawrence’s criticism. “That’s how it should work.” De Niro added, “I just love Jennifer; she’s terrific,” he shares. “She’s got lots of great energy, she works hard and she’s just easy [to work with].”
However, De Niro said he wasn’t too open about giving Lawrence acting tips “unless I really felt something that I thought she really needed to know, or unless she asked me.”
De Niro’s latest movie, Dirty Grandpa, an Atlanta filmed production which features Zac Efron, hits theaters on January 22nd. De Niro revealed that the movie was outside what he was used to. “I just liked the idea of doing something that was crazy and out there and different [from what I’ve done] and so I said ‘Why not?’ ” he explains.
He adds, “I just thought ‘I’ll just do it and hopefully people like it.’ It’s irreverent and a little out there – but what the hell.”
