Passengers: what very special scene made Jennifer Lawrence anxious?

Released in cinemas in 2016, the film passengersworn by Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, will be rebroadcast on Sunday May 15, 2022, from 9:05 p.m. on the channel TF1 film series. Directed by Morten Tyldumthis feature film evokes a spaceship, theAvalon, which is on its way to a distant planet. On board, more than 5,000 passengers are sleeping in hibernation capsules, for this journey lasting 120 years. But one of these capsules has a problem and wakes up its occupant, Jim Preston, 90 years too early.played on screen by Chris Pratt.

He discovers that there are no other awake passengers on board. Driven by boredom and lonelinesshe will take a liking to a woman remained in hibernation, Aurora Lane, played by Jennifer Lawrence. They then discover that the ship is in serious danger and that the lives of thousands of passengers are in their hands. According to an article published in The Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Lawrence’s salary for this film was 20 million dollars, to which must also be added 30% of the revenue. On his side, Chris Pratt received $12 million for his performance.

Passengers: several Hollywood stars almost starred in this feature film

For the anecdote, Jennifer Lawrence had confided during several interviews that filming a sex scene with Chris Pratt had made her particularly anxious. Concretely, it was his first sexual scene with an actor who was actually married in real life. At the time, Chris Pratt was the partner of actress Anna Faris. To give herself courage, Jennifer Lawrence drank alcohol just before shooting this scene. Before the Hollywood star was hired on this feature film, actresses Reese Witherspoon, Rachel McAdams and Emily Blunt have each been more or less envisaged to camp the main female role of passengers. In addition, the feature film had been announced as early as 2013 with Brian Kirk as director, and Keanu Reeves as the headliner. Two years later, Jennifer Lawrence joined the project, while Chris Pratt and Morten Tyldum replaced the actor and the director.

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