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Jennifer Lawrence vomited from 1984 and Olivia Wilde absolutely loved it

OLIVIA Wilde is starring in 1984, a play that has made people vomit, faint and scream — and Jennifer Lawrence is its latest victim.

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OLIVIA Wilde is taking a break from Hollywood at the moment as she stars in the Broadway adaptation of 1984 — and not everyone is loving it.

The play, which sounds taxing for both the audience and the cast, is clearly even worse in person after it was revealed that Jennifer Lawrence vomited while watching it on Broadway.

And, Olivia Wilde absolutely loved it.

According to Page Six, the Hunger Games actress was forced to sprint out of the theatre to vomit on Monday night.

“Midway through the show, Jennifer Lawrence bolted from her seat. Several people saw her getting sick in the lobby. The ushers were very helpful and courteous in helping her out,” a source told the publication.

But, according to a friend of Lawrence’s, she wasn’t sick because of the play but instead because of a stomach bug her nephews had given her.

Jennifer Lawrence didn’t make it through Wilde’s new play 1984. Picture: Emma McIntyre
Jennifer Lawrence didn’t make it through Wilde’s new play 1984. Picture: Emma McIntyre

While Lawrence’s sudden urge to vomit may or may not have been inspired by the harrowing play, 1984 has impacted plenty of audience members.

When the show premiered in London, numerous theatregoers fainted, vomited and screamed at the actors from their seats.

The cast perform 1984 on Broadway. Picture: Julieta Cervantes
The cast perform 1984 on Broadway. Picture: Julieta Cervantes

Speaking to the US version of The Today Show, Wilde revealed the role has been her most extreme to date. The preview shows alone gave her a broken tailbone, split lip and fractured rib. Her co-star Tom Sturridge broke his nose.

“We’re doing everything necessary to tell the story right, and it’s an intense story,” she said.

“We’re throwing ourselves into it, and it’s worth it,” she added.

Tom Sturridge and Olivia Wilde have both sustained injuries from the play. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris
Tom Sturridge and Olivia Wilde have both sustained injuries from the play. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris

The show is full of special effects including strobe lights and jackhammer sounds and also features torture scenes in the book’s notorious Room 101.

Sturridge, whose character bleeds profusely while being electrocuted, told the publication he makes sure he stares into the eyes of an audience member while he is being tortured.

Orwell’s dystopian book Nineteen Eighty-Four hit bookshelves in 1949 and became a bestseller again in 2017 after the 2016 US election.

The stage adaptation of 1984 will play in New York’s Hudson Theatre for a limited engagement until October 8.

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