Jennifer Lawrence and Ariana Grande

Jennifer Lawrence (right) was totally starstruck by Ariana Grande (Pictures: Rex / BACKGRID / NBC )

Jennifer Lawrence has revealed she was too starstruck to talk to Ariana Grande when she met her, and felt like a ‘contest winner’.


The actress, 31, stars alongside Ariana, 28, in Don’t Look Up, with the singer playing part of a power couple with rapper Kid Cudi.


Jennifer plays an astronomy student alongside a professor, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, as the pair discover a comet is heading towards Earth.


Speaking at a press conference for the film via PA, Jennifer revealed that it was overwhelming meeting Ariana, admitting: ‘I mean, I’m a huge fan of her music and [Kid Cudi’s]…


‘It’s just like, you know, like overwhelming. ‘Cause our worlds don’t normally collide.’


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The Oscar winner, who is currently pregnant with her first child with husband Cooke Maroney, joked: ‘I just felt like a radio contest winner. I just didn’t know how to talk to her. So I just, you know, did my best.’




 Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi) as DJ Chello and Ariana Grande as Riley Bina in the film Don't Look Up.

Ariana stars in Don’t Look Up with Kid Cudi (Picture: PA)

Ariana and Kid Cudi perform the song Just Look Up in the movie, which the pair co-wrote and have released as a single.


Speaking about working with Ari, Kid Cudi gushed: ‘[She’s] an incredible artist, and you know, her vocal performance is just like stellar… it’s like her voice is just amazing.




‘But like, so I’m just really happy that we were able to figure it out, and it worked man. I’m really proud of it.’


The film has a star-studded cast, with Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry, Sir Mark Rylance, Ron Perlman, Himesh Patel and Melanie Lynskey also appearing.


It is also Leonardo’s first role since 2019’s Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood, which was directed by Quentin Tarantino.


Don’t Look Up will be released in selected UK cinemas from December 10 and will stream on Netflix from December 24.









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