March 7, 2026

XMF/the SUPER

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Jennifer Lawrence recently spoke with Heat Vision about playing Mystique in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. The actress describes her dieting for the role as “awful…”

“It was awful, I was hungry for five months. I’m still pissed about it. I’m slowly working my way back because I have to be able to eat like an a**hole.”

The role required Lawrence to drop her clothes and have seven makeup artists apply body paint and prosthetics to her frame during an 8-hour timeframe.

“Nothing’s sacred anymore,” Lawrence says. “Those girls and I got so close. They were painting me naked every day for months. It was kind of like going to a really bizarre sleepover.”

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