Jen’s raw power
Star says she took back control of her body by stripping off in movie
In Red Sparrow
She told an American TV show that being the victim of a 2014 nude photo hack had a lingering effect on her career.
The 27-year-old said the invasion of her privacy – she commented at the time she felt she had been raped – made her reluctant to do nudity.
But she added she could not pass up the chance of filming Red Sparrow because of that fear.
In the steamy new spy thriller she plays a Russian agent who is taught how to seduce her victims to get information.
One scene in the film required her to go topless. And she went for it, saying she wanted to reclaim authority over her body in the movie.
Jennifer told 60 Minutes: “I realised there’s a difference between consent and not. I showed up for the first day, I did it and felt empowered.
“I feel like something that was taken from me, I got back.
“It’s my body, my art, and my choice. And if you don’t like boobs, don’t go see Red Sparrow.”
Meanwhile, the Hunger Games and X-men star caused controversy when she blasted Daniel Day-lewis’ Oscar-nominated film Phantom Thread. She said she only managed to watch a fraction of the movie
Actress on red carpet In New York last week about an obsessive fashion designer before switching it off. She added: “I got through about three minutes of it. I put in a good solid three. I’m sorry to anybody who loved that movie. “I couldn’t give that kind of time. It was three minutes and I was just oof.” Speaking to a comedian’s podcast WTF With Marc Maron, the actress said she was mystified by the Paul Thomas Anderson movie. Trying to work out the attraction of Day-lewis’ character Reynolds Woodcock, she added: “Is it just about clothes? Is he kind of like a narcissistic sociopath and he’s an artist so every girl falls in love with him because he makes her feel bad about herself and that’s the love story? “I haven’t seen it, so I don’t know. I’ve been down that road, I know what that’s like – I don’t need to watch that movie.” The actress insisted she was not talking about former boyfriend Darren Aronofsky, the director of the movie Mother! in which she starred and from whom she recently split. Phantom Thread, supposedly 60-year-old Day-lewis’ last film before retiring, is up for six Oscars tonight, including one for him as best actor along with best film and best director. news@irishmirror.ie