TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser
TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser
By John Semley | September 10, 2012
By John Semley | 09/10/2012
Best filmmaking insider lingo to crop up during the press conference for Silver Linings Playbook ? “Bedroom perfect.” According to writer and director David O. Russell, the term refers to actors who polish up their lines in their bedrooms before arriving on set. “I tend not to work well with actors who are bedroom perfect,” said the director, known for Three Kings and The Fighter , and his loose, semi-improvised manner of working. Russell was joined on stage by his bedroom-imperfect cast, including Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence (both of whom were also on The Place Beyond the Pines red carpet on Friday night) as well as Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver and Anupam Kher —a Bollywood ringer with more than 400 credits. The actors took turns praising Russell’s direction and talking about the way the film grapples with issues of mental illness. Cooper’s character, for instance, flies into a rage every time he hears his wedding song, Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour.” When Cooper was asked if any songs set him off in real life, Lawrence jumped in. “He cries every time he hears ‘Call Me Maybe,’” she joked. Cooper looked at her, confused: “I still don’t know what that is.”
164502 Stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence (of <em>People'</em>s Sexiest Man Alive 2011 and <em>The Hunger Games</em>, respectively) (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings_intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings_intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings_intro.jpg 656 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings_intro/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings_intro 0 0
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164503 Bradley Cooper (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook01-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook01.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook01.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook01/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook01 0 0
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164504 Jennifer Lawrence (Image: George Pimentel/WireImage/Getty) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook02-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook02.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook02.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook02/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook02 0 0
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164505 Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Tucker (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook03-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook03.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook03.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook03/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook03 0 0
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164508 Jennifer Lawrence (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook06-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook06.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook06.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook06/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook06 0 0
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164506 Bradley Cooper (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook04-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook04.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook04.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook04/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook04 0 0
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164507 Jennifer Lawrence (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook05-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook05.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook05.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook05/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook05 0 0
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164511 Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook09-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook09.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook09.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook09/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook09 0 0
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164509 Writer and director David O. Russell and Bradley Cooper (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook07-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook07.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook07.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook07/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook07 0 0
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164510 Jacki Weaver and Anupam Kher (Image: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment) TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Jennifer Lawrence teases Bradley Cooper at the Silver Linings Playbook presser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook08-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook08.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook08.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-silver-linings-playbook-press-conference-2/slide/tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook08/ tiff12-press-conference-silver-linings-playbook08 0 0
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