{"id":227839,"date":"2026-01-11T06:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227839\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T06:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:32:23","slug":"jennifer-lawrence-reveals-the-one-role-she-wanted-that-emma-stone-got-instead-shes-been-beating-me-for-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227839\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lawrence Reveals the \u2018One\u2019 Role She Wanted That Emma Stone Got Instead: &#8216;She&#8217;s Been Beating Me for Decades\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jennifer Lawrence revealed the &#8220;one&#8221; role she wanted early in her career that longtime friend Emma Stone got instead<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress said she &#8220;was nuts&#8221; for the part that Stone ended up getting<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lawrence also shared an embarrassing audition story<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jennifer-lawrence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jennifer Lawrence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jennifer Lawrence<\/a> often went for the same movie roles as longtime friend <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/emma-stone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Emma Stone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Emma Stone<\/a> \u2014 and there is one she was particularly bummed she didn&#8217;t get.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe one that I wanted that she got was Easy A,\u201d the actress, 35, said during a Q&amp;A with entertainment journalist Josh Horowitz at the 92NY Kaufmann Concert Hall in N.Y.C. on Wednesday, Jan. 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI was nuts for Easy A, and I really should have gotten it, right? The movie could have turned out\u00a0great,\u201d she jokingly added of the box office and critical hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/the-hunger-games-where-is-the-cast-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hunger Games;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hunger Games<\/a> alum also spoke about how Stone was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-actor-awards-2026-nominations-11878648\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:nominated for a SAG Award;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">nominated for a SAG Award<\/a> for her role in the film Bugonia, while she was notably left out of the nominations for her performance in Die My Love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe were over in [our friend] group chat, and she got nominated for SAG today, and I did not,\u201d Lawrence said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"VALERIE MACON\/AFP\/Getty Emma Stone (front) and Jennifer Lawrence at the 2017 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Calif.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f47c0761674265159db043db3483f2ca.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>VALERIE MACON\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p> Emma Stone (front) and Jennifer Lawrence at the 2017 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Calif.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-puzzler-8620185\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd I wrote, like, \u2018What?\u2019 And all of our friends were like, \u2018Congratulations, Emma!&#8217; And then I would just do, like, a sad face. And then every time she&#8217;s tried to talk today, I&#8217;ve just been like, \u2018Why are you talking and not sorry? If you can talk, why are you not so sorry?\u2019 \u201d Lawrence teased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo, she&#8217;s been beating me for decades, and it&#8217;s an honor,\u201d she then added on an earnest note.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Dia Dipasupil\/Getty\u00a0 Jennifer Lawrence attends a Q&amp;A discussion at 92NY in N.Y.C. on Jan. 7\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/11d64ac4c5f02f17b54a07a591d92416.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dia Dipasupil\/Getty <\/p>\n<p> Jennifer Lawrence attends a Q&amp;A discussion at 92NY in N.Y.C. on Jan. 7<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the in-depth discussion, the star further reflected on her <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ethan-slater-recalls-worst-ever-audition-11871269\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:early years of auditioning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">early years of auditioning<\/a>. Explaining that she had no formal acting training, Lawrence said it led to some unique, and even embarrassing, audition experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI didn&#8217;t do, like, [acting] classes or lessons, so when I started auditioning, I was just, you know, learning myself and teaching myself with no real feedback,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo I remember one of my first auditions, I was doing this [covers part of her face with her hand] \u2014 which I thought was brilliant because it&#8217;s so realistic. And they were like, \u2018Cut, cut, what are you doing?\u2019 \u201c Lawrence continued. &#8220;And I was like, \u2018Well the scene is outside,\u2019 \u2026\u00a0 and they were like, \u2018Move your hand away from your face!\u2019 So stuff like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI wasn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/audtion-tapes-you-forgot-about\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a good auditioner,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a good auditioner,<\/a>\u201d the Oscar winner added. \u201cBut then every once in a while, you know, you get a callback.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jennifer-lawrence-reveals-the-role-she-wanted-that-emma-stone-got-instead-11881998\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Jennifer Lawrence revealed the &#8220;one&#8221; role she wanted early in her career that longtime friend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,14785,156,29957,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-227839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-emma-stone","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-jennifer-lawrence","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}