Jennifer Lawrence's Red Sparrow Nudity 'Empowered' Her After Nude-Photo Hack

If mother! took a physical toll on Jennifer Lawrence, then Francis Lawrence's R-rated psychological spy thriller, Red Sparrow, took a mental toll on the Oscar-winning actress.


In a new interview with 60 Minutes, Lawrence revealed how the nudity in the film empowered her in the wake of the major 2014 nude-photo hack that leaked her private photographs — as well as those of other well-known girls — to the world wide web.


The gross invasion of privacy left J.Law so shaken up that she had been reluctant to perform nude scenes in other films, up until Red Sparrow presented her with the decision to reclaim her body her way.


"I realized there's a difference between consent and not. I showed up for the opening starting day and I did it and I felt empowered," she mentioned of the experience. "I feel like something that was taken from me, I got back. It’s my body, it's my art, and it's my choice. And in the event you don't like boobs, you have to not go visualize Red Sparrow." (That also goes for dark, violent dramas about espionage and sexual assault — you've been warned.)


Last year, Lawrence compared the "so unbelievably violating" nude-photo hack to being "gang-banged by the fucking planet."


Red Sparrow opens in theaters this Friday, March 2.