Jennifer Lawrence ‘Died Laughing’ Over the Real Craigslist Ad That Inspired Her R-Rated Comedy About Seducing a 19-Year-Old

Jennifer Lawrence recently told Entertainment Weekly that she died laughing when reading the real-life Craigslist ad that inspired her upcoming raunchy R-rated comedy No Hard Feelings. Directed by Lawrences longtime friend Gene Stupnitsky, the film casts the Oscar-winning actor as a Montauk Uber driver facing bankruptcy who accepts a Craigslist ad to date and seduce an awkward 19-year-old (Andrew Barth Feldman). His helicopter parents dont want him leaving for college as a virgin.

Stupnitsky and Lawrence first let it slip at CinemaCon last month that No Hard Feelings was based on a real-life Craigslist ad. The director told EW that it was the films producers, Marc Provissiero and Naomi Odenkirk, who sent him the Craigslist ad.

I read it, and I thought, This is wild. Who is the woman that answers this ad?' Stupnitsky said. And I thought, Oh, thatll be a great role for my friend Jennifer Lawrence.'

Gene read the Craigslist ad to me, and I died laughing, Lawrence added. I thought it was hilarious, but there wasnt a script or anything. I just thought he had a funny idea. And then a couple years later, he handed me the funniest script Ive ever read in my life.

A theatrical release these days is, uhIts a test, Lawrence also said in the EW interview. You get tested publicly, and everyone knows if you pass through. But I feel were putting our best foot forward.

Stupnitsky is a veteran of the R-rated comedy genre having directed the raunchy 2019 comedy Good Boys, a coming-of-age film starring Jacob Tremblay. He also served as a co-writer on 2011s Bad Teacher and 2009s Year One.

No Hard Feelings opens in theaters on June 23.