Jennifer Lawrence had a plan if she ever met President Donald Trump in person.
She'd give him a piece of her mind and cap it by throwing a martini in his face, the actress said in a 2017 interview.
Times change. Presidents? Not so much.
Lawrence has had a change of heart since Trump returned to the Oval Office. And she's not alone. Two other actresses may have pulled the plug on politics, at least in the public space.
For Lawrence, the change might be due to the 2024 presidential election. She wasn't the only star who noticed her industry couldn't seal the deal for a Kamala Harris victory.
But as we’ve learned, election after election, celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for. So then what am I doing? I’m just sharing my opinion on something that’s going to add fuel to a fire that’s ripping the country apart ... I think I’m in a complicated recalibration because I’m also an artist. I don’t want to start turning people off to films and to art that could change consciousness or change the world because they don’t like my political opinions.”
That ... makes sense. Maybe becoming a mother gave her a new perspective. Or, she realizes she's had more than a few commercial duds on her resume and alienating a large swath of the country isn't the best marketing move.
Don't expect sequels to "Passengers," "Die My Love," "Causeway" or "mother!" anytime soon.
A more surprising about-face came earlier this week from Brie Larson. The Oscar winner doesn't hide her progressive bona fides, going so far as to demand a more inclusive journalism class interview her and her peers on the PR circuit. She also declared her role in 2017's "Kong: Skull Island" to be a feminist statement. She played a photojournalist in the blockbuster film.
Now, she's voicing Princess Rosalina in "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie," and she's dropped the culture war missives. For now, at least. She's having fun geeking out over video game adaptations. She shared as much with a Fandango reporter talking All Things Mario while reflecting on her past.
“What was I thinking doing all these dramas where I had to speak on, like, very serious issues happening?”
Did a light bulb just switch on in her head? Perhaps. She's been pretty silent on hot-button issues for a while.
Claire Foy made no bones about her personal rebranding. The British actress once said she wanted to hurt a protester who disagreed with her take on Brett Kavanaugh's temperament to be a Supreme Court justice. She also excoriated President Donald Trump during his first term in office.
Now? She sounds like a very different person, at least on the promotional front.
“What I believe and who I am and where I stand on things is constantly in flux, as much as it is for everyone else, and I have absolutely no authority to discuss or proclaim about anything other than what I do as an actor ... If you’re just making noise for the sake of it, then you should probably shut up – so I tend to shut up.”
Or, you could follow the path blazed by actor Josh Duhamel. The "Buddy Games" alum just gently scolded his colleagues for getting political in the first place.
“If you really want to be successful in this business, why would you make half of your audience despise you by your political beliefs?”
If only Mark Ruffalo would consider that sage advice.
