Brangelina, who?
There's a new Hollywood power couple on the block that is captivating the public and — thank goodness — for all the right reasons.
Anything but typical, this couple is not heterosexual, homosexual or even romantic: but rather, fun, friendship-based, feminist and creative.
I'm talking about Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and her new bestie comedian Amy Schumer. The two started turning heads when, earlier this summer, they vacationed together in the Hamptons and posted instagram photos of their all-female crew yachting around together, making human pyramids.
During an interview about her upcoming film, “Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” Lawrence turned the The New York Times’ attention to what she really wanted to talk about: Schumer.
According to the actress, Lawrence reached out to Schumer after seeing “Trainwreck.”
“I emailed her after I saw ‘Trainwreck’ and said, ‘I don’t know where to get started. I guess I should just say it: I’m in love with you,’”
And as they say, the rest is history. Schumer has since posted several photos and videos with or about Lawrence to her instagram account, including one of her reacting to Lawrence mentioning her name in an on-camera interview. According to Vanity Fair, Schumer made a video for her girlfriends announcing that Lawrence would be joining them on a boat ride in the Hamptons.
“[T]he gods have seemingly smiled down upon us and united these wonderfully talented and hilarious creatures for what appears to be the summer vacation of our dreams,” the magazine gushed.
The girl-crush fest between two extremely talented and successful women is compelling enough, but now, it appears Schumer and Lawrence are taking their relationship to the next level: a creative partnership.
Earlier today, Lawrence told the NYTimes that she and Schumer are writing a screenplay together, in which they play sisters, and that they have already completed 100 pages.
“We’re almost done writing. It just flowed out of us,” Lawrence told The Times, adding, “Amy and I were creatively made for each other. We have different flavors. It’s been the most fun experience of my life. We start the day off on the phone, laughing. And then we send each other pages. And we crack up. I’m flying out tomorrow to see her in Chicago…”
It's cool to see two huge female stars who, instead of competing, collaborate.
In a refreshingly real moment, Lawrence realized her casual confession to The Times would probably make big news and paused the interview to text Schumer that she had just “spilled the beans.”
“Ms. Lawrence glanced at the message, and threw her head back in laughter,” Times reporter Brooks Barnes wrote.
Lawrence then tells him, “I wrote, ‘I just spilled the beans to The New York Times. Is that O.K.?’ And Amy wrote back, ‘That you’re gay? Totally! It’s exciting!’”
J-Law and the grand Jewess of comedy writing a movie together? Yeah, that is exciting.
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