According to Entertainment Weekly, the idea for “No Hard Feelings” came up when Gene Stupnitsky and Jennifer Lawrence were out to dinner. From there it was a waiting game, but Lawrence was thrilled with the result.
“Gene read the Craigslist ad to me, and I died laughing. I thought it was hilarious, but there wasn’t a script or anything. I just thought he had a funny idea,” Lawrence recalled for EW. “And then a couple years later, he handed me the funniest script I’ve ever read in my life.”
Before the release of “No Hard Feelings,” Stupnitsky knew there were other risks, like making the comedy a theatrical release. The writer-director gained confidence in the film’s long-term prospects, though, once he realized “No Hard Feelings” had a built-in nostalgia factor. “Comedies in general haven’t really been made that much, especially in the theatrical space,” Stupnitsky told EW. “At the time it didn’t necessarily feel like we were making a throwback, but I think once people saw the trailer, that was the reaction. I was like, ‘Oh, that makes sense.'”
Now that the film is finished, Lawrence certainly isn’t afraid of the film being a raunchy throwback. In fact, Lawrence thinks “No Hard Feelings” will offend audiences but in an acceptable way.
Whether Lawrence makes another movie comedy after “No Hard Feelings” is yet to be seen. However, “Hunger Games” fans may be excited to know that Lawrence is open to picking up Katniss Everdeen’s bow again.
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