Jennifer Lawrence Jokes About Working With Robert Pattinson as ‘Total Revenge’
Jennifer Lawrence humorously described teaming up with Robert Pattinson in Die My Love as a kind of "revenge" after her failed audition for Twilight. In an alternate reality, she would have played Bella Swan opposite Pattinson’s Edward Cullen in the hit series.
Failed Twilight Audition
Speaking on The Rewatchables podcast in 2023, Lawrence revealed that the studio rejected her "immediately" for Twilight, and she "didn’t even get a callback."
Fifteen Years Later
More than 15 years and after starring in two massive franchises, Lawrence finally shares the screen with Pattinson in the new film Die My Love from Mubi.
“Yeah, it’s the total revenge that I’ve wanted,” Lawrence joked to Variety at the New York premiere of the film.
About Die My Love
Directed by Lynne Ramsay, this is her first film since 2017’s You Were Never Really Here. The story is a tense psychodrama featuring Lawrence as a writer whose mental health unravels amid a volatile marriage and the challenges of motherhood.
On-Screen Dynamic vs Real Life
In the film, Lawrence and Pattinson exchange sharp and continuous insults, a stark contrast to their calm and respectful real-life working relationship.
“My favorite part of working with him was probably that we could be in the same room, but not talk for a really long time,” Lawrence said. “I really appreciate that in a coworker.”
Pattinson recalls that the first movie he ever saw Lawrence in was Winter’s Bone (2010), where she played a poverty-stricken teenager searching for her father in the Ozarks.
Summary: Jennifer Lawrence sees collaborating with Robert Pattinson in Die My Love as a playful comeback after her early rejection from Twilight, highlighting their contrasting on-screen and off-screen chemistry.