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Certain directors have different ways of getting the best out of their actors. Amy Adams had to face some trauma while working on the sets of the 2013 movieAmerican Hustledue to director David O. Russell’s new working style.
Stating how the director had adapted himself to shouting instructions, Adams revealed that the director had also made her cry several times on the sets ofAmerican Hustle.She further compared herself and Jennifer Lawrence in terms of toughness and referred toThe Hunger Gamesactress as Teflon.
David O. Russell Screamed Instructions At Amy Adams While FilmingAmerican Hustle
Director David O. Russell has been known as a difficult director to work with. Creating movies likeAmsterdam, Silver Linings Playbook,and,Joy,the director has created intense situations for the actors to act their heart out to get the true emotions on-screen.
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While directing the 2013 movie, David O. Russell had a scene involvingAmy Adamsand Bradley Cooper. During that scene, Adams has to hit Cooper while the latter yells at her. In an interview withGQ, theMan of Steelactress talked about how much pressure David O. Russell kept on her off-screen by constantly screaming instructions on what to do.
“Even I was surprised on American Hustle, because on [his previous film] Silver Linings Playbook he had developed this wild, crazy way of working with Bradley [Cooper] and Jennifer [Lawrence]… and it was mania. I was like: wow.”
She continued,
“I did a scene with Bradley where I have to hit him and he’s yelling at me, ‘Hit him! Hit him! Hit him! Hit him! HARDER! HARDER! HARDER! Really give it to him this time,”
The actress further revealed that there have been several instances where the director has made her cry on-set. Comparing her toughness to her co-star Jennifer Lawrence’s, Adams revealed that she’s not so tough.
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David O. Russell Has Made Amy Adams Cry
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With how much Adams talked about working inAmerican Hustle,the interviewer asked her if David O. Russell had ever made her cry. Adams looked up and replied affirmatively that Russell’s tactics had indeed made her cry several times. Speaking withGQ, the actress also compared herself to Jennifer Lawrence.
“He did. He was hard on me, that’s for sure. It was a lot. I was really just devastated on set. Jennifer [Lawrence] doesn’t take any of it on. She’s Teflon. And I am not Teflon. But I also don’t like to see other people treated badly, you know what I mean? – but she’s clear that doesn’t make it OK,”
In the end,American Hustlereceived a rating of 7.2/10 on IMDB and a whopping 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. With Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper joining the ride, the 2013 movie is available to stream on Paramount+.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
