Is No Hard Feelings a True Story?

Jennifer Lawrence stars within the raunchy comedy “No Hard Feelings,” which was launched this summer time in theaters. In the movie, which is streaming now on Netflix, Lawrence performs an Uber driver named Maddie whose automobile will get repossessed, leaving her out of a job. To make issues worse, she’s additionally on the verge of shedding her childhood dwelling. Just when she thinks all hope is misplaced, Maddie comes throughout an uncommon advert promising a automobile in alternate for serving to a couple’s awkward 19-year-old son, Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman), come out of his shell earlier than school by “dating his brains out.” Maddie accepts the job since she sees it as a straightforward alternative to get again on her ft. However, it seems to be a lot tougher than she anticipated after she continuously fails to seduce Percy.

If you are questioning what impressed the movie’s wacky plot, director Gene Stupnitsky revealed at CinemaCon that the breakout comedy is definitely primarily based on a actual Craigslist advert.

Is “No Hard Feelings” Based On a True Story?

In a May 12 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Stupnitsky mentioned the thought for the movie got here to him after producers Marc Provissiero and Naomi Odenkirk confirmed him a Craigslist advert from a couple in search of a girl up to now their son. “I read it, and I thought, ‘This is wild. Who is the woman that answers this ad?'” Stupnitsky mentioned. “And I thought, ‘Oh, that’ll be a great role for my friend Jennifer Lawrence.'”

Stupnitsky additionally instructed The Associated Press that he particularly developed the movie with Lawrence in thoughts as a result of he needed everybody to see her humorous facet. “I remember I told her, ‘I really want you to experience a feeling of sitting in a theater with hundreds of people laughing,'” Stupnitsky mentioned. “She’s had many, many experiences in film, but she hasn’t quite had this one.”

Stupnitsky first talked about the thought for the film whereas grabbing dinner with Lawrence one evening, and naturally, she beloved it. “Gene read the Craigslist ad to me, and I died laughing,” Lawrence instructed EW. “I thought it was hilarious, but there wasn’t a script or anything. I just thought he had a funny idea. And then a couple years later, he handed me the funniest script I’ve ever read in my life.”

While chatting with AP, Lawrence mentioned she jumped on the alternative to do the movie since she’s “always wanted to do a comedy” however “didn’t read anything that was funny enough” till “No Hard Feelings.”

And sure, you may learn the true Craigslist advert nonetheless. The Huffington Post wrote in regards to the advert when it went viral again in 2013. Per the outlet, the true advert learn, “This is going to sound strange but my son is a senior in High School and I want to help him.” The nameless mum or dad went on to explain their son as “extremely smart” however “socially awkward” and mentioned, “I want to find a cute young girl to date him and turn him from high school nerd to cool college kid.” They added that he is “very handsome and extremely fit.”

The mum or dad then proposed a scheme the place they’d arrange for his or her son to be on the similar live performance because the individual answering the advert so she might “pick him up.” Then they’d date till he went off to varsity. The mum or dad wrote, “In return, I’ll make your financial issues disappear.”

Besides this advert, “No Hard Feelings” is not primarily based on a true story, however its Internet origins are a enjoyable twist on the comedy.

“No Hard Feelings” is streaming now on Netflix.