Stop “this tabloid malarkey,” actress writes on Facebook

Feb 28, 2015 11:02 GMT  ·  By

If there’s one actor David O. Russell loves to work with more than Christian Bale, that’s Jennifer Lawrence. He is now shooting “Joy” with her as lead, and one report claims that they got into an explosive shouting match on set in Boston earlier this week.

Apparently, even big-time Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein got a taste of Russell’s anger, when he asked to be allowed on set for a chat with Jennifer, whom Russell was busy berating just then.

Nasty fight or Method acting?

TMZ was the one to break the news of the nuclear argument, citing a source on the set of the movie. Apparently, the fight started over a scene Lawrence was supposed to shoot next, and it became “ear-piercing and laced with profanities” in a matter of minutes.

Movie studio 20th Century Fox, which is backing up the project, claimed that Russell was only trying to help Lawrence with her Method acting, by getting her riled up in preparation for a scene in which she was supposed to yell at someone. So they weren’t fighting, they were setting up said scene.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the only report hinting that Russell was again letting his temper get the best of him: the same media outlet claims he also yelled at Weinstein when he showed up on set unannounced, and that he made a studio executive cry when she tried to intervene for a line producer he wanted to fire.

Basically, the idea was that Russell was acting like the rage monster he is believed to be.

Stop “this tabloid malarkey,” Russell doesn’t deserve it

Jennifer Lawrence is famously known for drawing a line between being an actress and being a celebrity. She has close to no presence online and on social media, and she is unapologetic about her lack of ability to keep up with modern technology, including services that would make her job easier, like email.

She never addresses fans directly, because she wants her work to do all the talking for her. She believes she already reveals too much in the interviews she’s bound by contract to give.

When Jennifer Lawrence says something on social media, it matters: so she’s speaking out on the above rumor, to say that David O. Russell is a talented man and a good friend of hers, who doesn’t deserve “this tabloid malarkey.”

Jennifer Lawrence actually uses the word “malarkey.”

Embedded right under her Facebook message is a video from the set of “I Heart Huckabees” in 2004, when Russell flew into a rage over an argument with Lily Tomlin and nearly tore apart the set. It’s the existence of this video that gave credibility to the rumor of the Jennifer Lawrence spat.