Jennifer Lawrence’s Regret: The Role She Wanted That Emma Stone Got

Jennifer Lawrence Shares the Role She Wished She Had

Jennifer Lawrence has shared a candid moment about her career, revealing that there was one role she really wanted but ended up going to her close friend, Emma Stone. The “Hunger Games” actress, 35, mentioned during a Q&A session at the 92NY Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York City that the role in question was for the film “Easy A.”

“I was nuts for ‘Easy A,’ and I really should have gotten it, right?” she joked. “The movie could have turned out great.”

Released in 2010 and directed by Will Gluck, “Easy A” starred Stone in her breakout role as Olive Penderghast, a high school student who lies about losing her virginity to a college guy and the fallout that ensues.

A modern adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic 1850 novel “The Scarlet Letter,” the teen rom-com was both a critical and box office success and earned Stone her first-ever Golden Globe Award nomination.

Emma Stone’s Recent Recognition

During the same Q&A session, Lawrence also spoke about how Stone was recently nominated for a 2026 Actor Award (formerly SAG Award) for her role as Michelle Fuller in the black comedy “Bugonia.”

Lawrence, however, did not receive a nomination for her role as Grace in the psychological drama “Die My Love.”

“We were over in group chat, and she got nominated for a SAG today, and I did not,” the “Silver Linings Playbook” star shared. “And I wrote, like, ‘What?’”

“All of our friends were like, ‘Congratulations, Emma!’ And then I would just do, like, a sad face,” she continued. “Then every time she’s tried to talk today, I’ve just been like, ‘Why are you talking and not sorry? If you can talk, why are you not so sorry?’”

But Lawrence was only teasing Stone and went on to praise the “Poor Things” actress for her impressive career since starring in “Easy A” all those years ago.

“No, she’s been beating me for decades, and it’s an honor,” she said.

Lawrence’s Breakthrough and Early Career

Lawrence’s breakthrough role came in 2010 when she starred as Ree Dolly in the coming-of-age tragedy “Winter’s Bone.” She went on to star as Mystique in “X-Men: First Class” one year later, before being cast as the iconic Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games” in 2012.

But Lawrence revealed to the Kaufmann Concert Hall audience that she never received any formal acting training, which led her to experience some interesting auditions early in her career.

“I didn’t do, like, classes or lessons, so when I started auditioning, I was just, you know, learning myself and teaching myself with no real feedback,” the Oscar winner shared.

“I wasn’t a good auditioner,” Lawrence added. “But then every once in a while, you know, you get a callback.”