Call it part of the David O. Russell playbook? In response to word getting around that the reputedly tempestuous director was screaming at Jennifer Lawrence on the set of their latest film and they got into a heated exchange, a studio rep acknowledged the exchange—but said it was all method acting. A Fox 2000 says that Russell was just getting Lawrence amped up for a scene in which she has to yell at someone, noting, “David’s process is, when they yell rolling, he will repeat the line in the tone he wants.” He did direct her to an Oscar-winning performance in Silver Linings Playbook and a nominated turn in American Hustle, so… maybe that’s just how Russell does it.
