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Jennifer LawrenceandViola Davisare bonding over some stressful parenting moments.
The subject came up as the two actresseschatted forVariety’s Actors on Actors issue, where theCausewayactress talked about her experience making the film, in part before the pandemic and resuming filming in its midst while expectingson Cy, born in February.
“Two years later, I’m pregnant, we go back, and we make the rest of it. It was the scariest thing in the entire world to think about making a family,” the 32-year-old recalled. “What if I f— up? What if I can’t do it? And I was so scared that I would f— it up. And it was so interesting to make a movie where I’m feeling so scared andfeeling this mirrored in [my character] Lynsey.”
Admitting she feels “awful” and “guilty” during “every day of being a mom,” Lawrence said she often second guesses her instincts.
“I’m playing with him and I’m like, ‘Is this what he wants to be doing? Should we be outside? We’re outside. What if he’s cold? What if he’s going to get sick? Should we be inside? Is this enough? Is this developing your brain enough?'”
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In turn,theWoman Kingactressrecalled a time when sheaccidentally locked her daughterGenesis, 12, in the car when she was younger.
“Jennifer, I locked my kid in the car, and it was sweltering hot outside. I had 50 million things on my plate. My daughter was in the back. She’s happy, and I’m just so stressed out going to Target,” she shared.
Davis shared she approached two men for help, only to realize she was holding her phone the whole time.
Lawrence then revealed had a car-related scare herself, saying, “I drove around with mine, didn’t realize he wasn’t buckled into the car seat. He was just teetering around, just flying.
source: people.com
