Jennifer Lawrence, the Oscar-winning actress known for movies like Silver Linings Playbook and The Hunger Games, is quite the versatile actress in the world of movies.
Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games | Color Force
From starring in comedies like No Hard Feelings to a serious role in Passengers, Lawrence has done it all. However, in 2017, the actress starred in a film that went on to become one of the most controversial films of her career.
When Jennifer Lawrence Became Mother
In 2017, Lawrence starred in the role of Mother (referred to as Mother throughout the film) in a movie titled Mother! The film starred Lawrence alongside Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, and, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Jennifer Lawrence in a still from Mother! | Protozoa Pictures
The movie was one of the most confusing, gore-fest, and, brutal films that Lawrence has ever starred in. Mother! went on to become one of the most controversial movies of her career in Hollywood.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Passengers actress talked about how filming the whole movie was very tough for her. One particular scene, that Lawrence refused to share, was so brutal that the actress had to refuse the director twice!
I still feel like I can’t even say — even with the movie out! There’s one scene that nobody should ever feel. And that’s what I said to Darren when he wanted to do it again.
She continued,
I was in the medical unit with oxygen up my nose and he’s like, “It was out of focus, we gotta do it again.” I was like, you are making me go to a place that you have never been. I just wanted to get out and finish it. It’s scary not being able to control yourself
The scene in question refers to ‘that’ scene in Mother! where Jennifer Lawrence asks where her baby is. The scene cuts to a crowd of cult-like people passing her baby over the crowd.
The people go on to eat the baby as Lawrence absolutely loses her control and starts stabbing everyone. The scene is as horrific as it sounds and is one of the most talked-about sequences from the 2017 movie.
What Mother! Is For Jennifer Lawrence
As the interview further continued, Lawrence was asked a simple yet complicated question. The interviewer asked her how she would explain the film to a person who had not seen the movie.
Jennifer Lawrence in a still from Mother! | Protozoa Pictures
In her response, Lawrence had a simple yet iconic answer that seemed to speak volumes about how detailed the movie simply is. Combining religion, philosophy, and, the creation, director Darren Aronofsky truly gave it his all.
I have different answers. One of them in short is: the movie was called Day Six [on set]: it could be about the creation and the end of the universe. You have the creation of man and women and then the corruption of man and woman and then overpopulation and creation and religion and so on and so forth.
And being one of the people who has seen the movie, the answer covers most of the film (except the horrific and gory details). 7 years after its release, Mother! remains one of the most unique films in Hollywood.
Upon its release, the film received a rating of 6.6/10 on IMDB and an average of 68% on Rotten Tomatoes. Being a cult-classic film, Mother! is available to rent on Apple TV+ in the U.S.
P.S. – Watch at your own risk.
