Jennifer Lawrence defies age in a new Funny or Die spoof.
The recent Golden Globe winner plays an “89-year-old woman that looks like she’s 16” in the aptly titled fake film “Really Really Old Lady Who Still Looks Totally Young and Hot.”
The spoof movie trailer recalls Lawrence’s performances in David O. Russell films where she portrays characters significantly older than her actual age: a widow and girlfriend to 38-year-old Bradley Cooper at 21 (“Silver Linings Playbook”), a mother to a 5-year-old and wife to a 39-year-old Christian Bale at 21 (“American Hustle”), and a 40-something year old mother of three (“Joy”).
Funny or Die announces the “new film” and intercuts footage from Lawrence’s previous performances, casting former co-stars Donald Sutherland (“The Hunger Games”) as her boyfriend; Dale Dickey (“Winter’s Bone”) as her granddaughter, and Robert De Niro (“Silver Linings Playbook”) as her great-grandson.
Lawrence acknowledges the age criticisms. She told “Live! With Kelly and Michael” last month Russell gets “crap” for casting the 25-year-old in roles seemingly too mature for her. She says Russell is already cooking something up for his next feature.
“The plan so far is for me to play Bob De Niro’s mother,” Lawrence quipped about the director who she said she wanted to “be buried next to” during the Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 10.
All jokes aside, Lawrence is having the last laugh. She won her third Golden Globe in four years last night for her performance in “Joy.” The Globe is one of many awards Lawrence has received in recent years, including an Oscar, a BAFTA, and two SAG Awards.
Lawrence could receive an Oscar nomination this Thursday for “Joy,” making her the youngest female actor to receive four nominations in Academy history. And that may just be Lawrence’s greatest age-defying accomplishment yet.
Watch the trailer below!
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