Jennifer Lawrence said she personally asked her "No Hard Feelings" costar Andrew Barth Feldman to defer going to Harvard in order to film the movie.
Lawrence spoke about how she convinced the actor to put off college at the New York red carpet premiere of "No Hard Feelings" on Tuesday.
"When Andrew left his audition, the door closed and we all looked at each other and we were like, 'That's our — that's Percy,'" the Oscar-winning actor told Entertainment Tonight. "And then they were like, 'There's one complication. He's supposed to go to Harvard,' and we were like, 'Is that a joke?' Like he was fully the character."
"So I called him and said, 'Andrew, I have really bad news you're not gonna be able to finish your semester at Harvard.' He's gonna have to defer, or whatever college school words are," Lawrence added.
A photo of Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman in "No Hard Feelings."Sony Pictures
Feldman, who had already deferred his enrollment at Harvard for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, told ET on the carpet that he has no regrets about his decision.
"Harvard is still there. I can go back, but this movie was once in a lifetime," he said. "This is an industry I care so much about. This is a movie I care so much about, and from her, I learned how to be kind and do all of this. How to do all of this and keep a head on my shoulders."
Feldman, who has also appeared in "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series," praised his costar for helping him navigate his newfound fame.
"She's a person first, she's a mother first, she's a friend first and that was a huge, huge thing to learn," Feldman said. "I think getting a stylist and a publicist and all these things I have no idea how to do. We just did a whole press tour together. I learned everything from her. She's amazing."
In the new movie, Lawrence plays Maddie Barker, a woman in a lot of debt who replies to a job ad posted by a couple who want someone to help bring their introverted son (Feldman) out of his shell before college.
"No Hard Feelings" is in theaters on Friday.
