The LA Times Talks Comparisons Between Shailene Woodley and Jennifer Lawrence

The LA Times decided to tackle the question that has probably crossed the mind of many a Divergent fan: is Shailene Woodley the new Jennifer Lawrence? While they don’t come to a decisive answer, they do discuss many of the endearing similarities between the two much loved actresses.

Certainly, there are a handful of obvious parallels: Each actress quickly climbed to the top of the Young Hollywood ranks with a hot award-season title (Lawrence with “Winter’s Bone” and Woodley with “The Descendants”). They both now star in film adaptations of bestselling YA books — Lawrence with “The Hunger Games” and Woodley in the equally dystopian “Divergent.” Lawrence apparently even offered Woodley advice before she signed on to “Divergent,” which is widely viewed as the next big tween phenomenon.

But Lawrence, 22, and Woodley, 21, also seem to share the same kind of offbeat, carefree attitude that fans find endearing these days. Though neither is averse to getting dolled up for a red carpet, they have what seems to be an indifferent attitude to the whole game. Each are often photographed in public without makeup on and talk frequently about how much they like to eat.

They also go out of their way to accommodate the media. When Woodley arrived at “The Spectacular Now” screening Wednesday night, she greeted each reporter on the short red carpet with a hug. Sure, she and Lawrence make fun of the corsets and stilettos they’re expected to wear at premieres — but they’ll still happily attend them.

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The willingness to go her own way is perhaps what people respond to about Woodley. Let’s not forget that just as Lawrence was embraced by the public after winning her Oscar in February, fellow Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway was facing backlash for seeming too eager to please. She was too fearful of showing her flaws, many argued — too perfect.

That’s definitely not the first word that comes to mind in describing Woodley, whose heel snapped off on the “Spectacular Now” carpet while talking to The Times.

“Oh, no!” she gasped. “Oh, God. I just broke my heel! Am I the first person to ever do that?”
She casually bent down to remove the shoes, handing the damaged pair to a publicist as a smile creeped onto her face. “Wait, does this mean I get to be barefoot for the rest of the night? I get to be barefoot ’cause I broke my heel! Ugh, this is such good news.”

It was a moment that could only remind, albeit in a lower-profile way, of a certain other actress’ shoe-themed stumble.

What do you think of the comparisons between Shailene and Jennifer?

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