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“I had already filmed it when I had met her and we really just were able to bond over the fact that we know so many of the same people,” Zegler tells PEOPLE at the BFI IMAX on London’s Southbank.
“One of my good friends is Andrew Barth Feldman, who she just didNo Hard Feelingswith and, obviously, Francis Lawrence is obsessed with her," Zegler tells PEOPLE. “Everyone who worked on our movies came over from the original trilogy to work on ours.”
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Speaking to PEOPLE about not meeting Lawrence before filming, Zegler says it “relieved the pressure and made us feel like we were able to do our own thing.”
“Though, if she had ever wanted to give me tips, I absolutely would have been open to hearing them,” she jokes.
Jennifer Lawrence at Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2024 show in Paris.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty
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“The woman next to my sister had never read the books or seen the film before, and when the mutts came out, she started screaming, ‘What’s gonna happen next?,' ” says Zegler, who dressed to impress at Thursday’s event in a black Dior gown with sheer lace detail.
Sharing snaps of the premiere on her Instagram story, the actress posed alongside co-star and boyfriend Josh Rivera, as well as a closeup of her smokey eye makeup. TheWest SideStorystar also shared a full-length picture of her outfit and a photo with co-stars, Hunter Schafer and Tom Blyth.
source: people.com
