Jennifer Lawrenceis making a dramatic return to acting following her performance in the 2021 film,Don’t Look Up. Although her last project, helmed by Adam McKay, received four Oscar nominations, most of the audience wouldn’t call the movie an intense character study. However, that’s whereCausewaywill be different for the immensely successful actress. The film follows a US soldier who suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to readjust to life back home.Causewaywill give Lawrence plenty of opportunities to shine and display her talent, withMovieWebcalling the film a “sensitive character study, giving its actors some of the richest and most complex roles we’ve seen them play in a while.”
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Causewayrecently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, giving audiences a chance to see Lawrence in the starring role. During an interview withDeadline, the 32-year-old actress said the movie is extremely personal for her, saying, “there are many things that I identified with.”
“This film is extremely personal to me. Not in a literal sense, but, there were many things that I identified with it that I connected to. And as far as playing a veteran and somebody with a TBI [traumatic brain injury] we did so much research and interviews with service members, with people that had TBI’s, and we even had occupational therapists in the scenes with us to make sure that we were doing justice to that experience.”
Jennifer Lawrence Says She Relates to ‘Not Knowing Where Home Is’
The cast and crew ofCausewayworked hard to ensure the film’s experiences were accurate to their real-life counterparts. TBIs and wounded veterans could be sensitive topics to delve into; however, that just made Lawrence grow even closer to her character. During her Deadline interview, Lawrence says she still gets emotional thinking about her connection to her role.
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“I think to me there was so many different themes that I connected with. It’s still so emotional when I watch the movie just that feeling of not knowing where home is and not knowing, even if you find it, if you can keep it and just assuming you’re gonna f**k it up. And even the relationship with Jayne Houdyshell and that feeling, I’ve recognized that feeling before like with therapist where you like feel seen and loved and understood and then you’re like, ‘Wait I pay you,’ and kind of having that heartbreaking revelation [Laughs]. So there were different things that I connected to, not on a literal sense.”
Causewayis set to release later this year on Nov 4, landing on Apple TV+. There’s no word on an official run in theaters; however, it’s likely to make a brief appearance in select theaters in order to contend during award season. So whether you stream it at home or find yourself in a theater, be sure to check outCauseway,starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry, arriving later this year.
