Challenge with Jennifer Lawrence: Parents actually placed an ad to ‘disrupt’ their child

What is it about? Maddie is on the brink of losing her childhood home and thinks she’s found a way out of her financial woes when she stumbles across an exciting job offer: wealthy parents looking for someone to take the years off their introverted 19-year-old son, Percy. in a series of “dates” to free her before going to college. To Maddy’s surprise, Percy makes the challenge more difficult than expected and time is running out. He has one summer to meet this challenge or find himself homeless.

A true classified ad

The project was born out of Jennifer Lawrence’s desire to collaborate with her friend, writer-director Gene Stupnitsky. Over dinner one evening, the actor asked Stupnitsky what he was working on, and he told her about his inspiration: a real ad on the American classifieds site Craigslist that producers Mark Provisiero and Naomi Odenkirk found.

An overprotective parent was there looking for a young woman for his shy and inexperienced son to seduce him—not just for his “first time,” but to transform him from a snobbish high school student into a cool and confident student. . The ad implied that the parent would pay handsomely for a job well done.

New registry

Despite an already rich career and an Oscar for Best Actress, Jennifer Lawrence has long felt that her filmography lacked a genre: “I always wanted to do comedy, but I couldn’t find the right one”. He adds that it was a pleasure to do so “Something completely different… a completely different genre, with funny scenes and awkward dialogue that I was excited about! It was so much fun to make this movie with a brilliant and fun crew.”

Director Gene Stupnicki knew the actor’s comedic timing and thought he hadn’t really been seen on screen before. Producer Alex Sachs develops: “She’s hilarious in person, and Gene’s idea was to introduce the audience to a version of Jen that only her close friends know. When you see her perform on set, it’s a no-brainer, but nobody’s ever seen her before. Gene had the same way.”

An actor from Broadway

The producer assumed that it would be difficult to find an interpreter for Percy and decided to conduct a large casting. But the candidate was easily established: Andrew Bart Feldman, who had proven himself on Broadway. “When Andrew walked in, we all knew it was him straight away”– says Jennifer Lawrence. “We met Andrew the second day of the casting and I immediately thought he was good. We auditioned other people, but I was relaxed because I knew we had Andrew. It was clear, he was always there.”– says the director.

Click on the song

Andrew Bart Feldman as a successful singer – he played the lead role in the play Dear Evan Hansen On Broadway, director Gene Stupnicki decided to adapt the character of Percy based on his talent: “I thought it should have been in the movie. It added to his character – he’s someone who acts and performs, but not in front of people – just in his bedroom.”

One hell of a wig

Screenwriter John M. Phillips was surprised that Matthew Broderick agreed to wear the wig planned for his character: “We thought he would try and say: “Get the hell out of here, I won’t wear this crap”. Instead, he came and said: “Isn’t that great?” I think those were my favorite days on set: I couldn’t stop laughing at her hair.” The actress had a lot of fun with this accessory: “It’s such a massive wig that even though I suck in the film, the wig will out perform me.”