Jennifer Lawrence takes aim at Oscar rivals on Saturday Night Live
Jennifer Lawrence poked fun at her Oscar rivals while hosting comedy show Saturday Night Live in America.
The Hunger Games star held nothing back as she took aim at fellow Best Actress nominees Naomi Watts (The Impossible), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), young Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and French actress Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) in her opening monologue.
Lawrence quipped, "Jessica Chastain... in Zero Dark Thirty, you
caught bin Laden, so what; in Winter's Bone, I caught a squirrel
and then I ate it...! Naomi Watts, you know what else is impossible
- you beating me on Oscar night."
She then turned on nine-year-old Wallis, adding, "You think you can
beat me? What are you talking about, Wallis? Also, the alphabet
called; they want their letters back," and concluded by stating
Riva is "an 85-year-old French lady, yeah I think I can take you.
You know what I say about your Oscar chances, Emmanuelle? Emmanuel
Riva-derci!"
Lawrence qualified each catty remark by stating how much she
admired her Oscar competition, making sure they all knew she was
joking.
The actress is nominated for her role in Silver Linings
Playbook.
During her stint on SNL on Saturday (19Jan13), Lawrence also
reprised her Hunger Games character Katniss Everdeen for a press
conference comedy skit and she also took on Cate Blanchett's Elf
Queen role in a Hobbit spoof.