“The Oscar winner, 35, made the revelation during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show which airs on Friday, describing the experience as ‘totally humiliating’.”, — write: www.dailymail.co.uk
The Oscar winner, 35, made the revelation during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show which airs on Friday, describing the experience as ‘totally humiliating’.
Die My Love is based on a 2017 novel by Argentine writer, Ariana Harwicz, which details a new mum’s battle with postpartum depression and subsequent psychosis.
Jennifer laughed: ‘Lynne Ramsay the director challenged us during rehearsals, Robert Pattinson and I had to do interpretative dance lessons together. We both embarrass quite easily, and we didn’t really know each other so it was totally humiliating’.
‘Then on the first day of filming she asked whether we remembered what we did and asked if we would do it naked.’.
Fellow show guests Bruce Springsteen, Jeremy Allen White and Tessa Thompson were stunned and left full of questions, to which Jennifer quipped: ‘Should I have said no? You all seem quite shocked’.
Speaking about how she landed the role she said: ‘Martin Scorsese brought this to us after he had read the book at his book club, which is adorable’.
‘He said I should play the character. When I read the book, I had had a hard time imagining it as a movie, but I wasn’t going to correct Marty!’.
In the film, Jennifer stars as Grace, a new mother whose mental health begins to deteriorate as her marriage crumbles, with Robert, 39, starring as her husband Jackson.
The star admitted that since having children, it has changed her perspective on her career, and described motherhood as ‘brutal and incredible.’
She added: ‘Well, having children changes everything.
‘It changes your whole life. But it’s brutal and incredible. And so not only do they go into every decision of if I’m working, where I’m working, when I’m working.
‘It taught me… I didn’t know that I could feel so much. My job has a lot to do with emotion. They’ve opened up the world to me. It’s almost like feeling like a blister or something, so sensitive.
‘So they’ve changed my life, obviously, for the best, and they’ve changed me creatively. I highly recommend having kids if you want to be an actor.’
This film is the first time Jennifer and Robert have worked together, and the Twilight star, who welcomed his first child with fiancée Suki Waterhouse last year, echoed his co-star’s sentiments.
He said: ‘I think in the most unexpected way, having a baby gives you the biggest trove of energy and inspiration.
‘Ever since she was born, it’s reintegrated the way I approach work.’
Jennifer and Robert both rose to fame in the 2010s, with Jennifer starring in film adaptations of The Hunger Games series as Katniss Everdeen and Robert Pattinson gaining worldwide fame for his role as Edward Cullen in Twilight.
Jennifer is a four-time Oscar nominee, but her only success was scooping the Best Actress gong in 2013 for Silver Lining’s Playbook.
But now 12 years after her crowning moment, Jennifer could be a contender for yet another Academy Award if recent reviews are anything to go by after the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17.
And while co-star Robert and supporting cast including Sissy Spacek, 75, have been hailed for their roles, it is Jennifer’s stand-out turn as mentality fragile wife and mother that stands out.
Vogue’s Radhika Seth remarked: ‘Several critics at Cannes have already labeled her as one to watch ahead of the 2026 Oscars, and if an effective comeback narrative is constructed (it’s been a staggering 12 years since her Academy Award win and a decade since her last nomination), then I could certainly see it – despite its outlandishness, her turn is pure Oscar bait.
Die, My Love was released on May 17 but is set to hit UK and Ireland’s theatres on November 14, 2025.
The Graham Norton Show BBC One and iPlayer Friday 17th October 10.40pm