Jennifer Lawrence Says She Was Devastated She Didn’t Get Alice in Wonderland Role

Jennifer Lawrence has one role that she was “devastated” she didn’t manage to land, namely the lead role of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Lawrence appeared on Howard Stern’s show this morning to promote Red Sparrow and talked about the film role she didn’t land.

“Emma Stone and I actually had this conversation once because we used to always audition for the same thing, which now seems silly because our careers are so different,” Lawrence said. “But the one thing that really killed me, like the only time I’ve ever been truly devastated by losing an audition ― ’cause most of the time you’re like, ‘Ah, wasn’t meant to be, move on, what can you do?’ ― was Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.”

Lawrence said that Mia Wasikowska, who got the role, was “perfect and amazing” for the part. She also talked about auditioning for Twilight, saying, “I didn’t really know what it was,” she said, laughing. “When you audition when you’re like a run-of-the-mill actor ― you know we’re all auditioning for all sorts of things ― you just get like five pages and they’re like, ‘Act monkey.’ When it came out, I was like, ‘Hot damn! Whoa!’”