Jennifer Lawrence channels Liz Hurley in daring black dress for Red Sparrow photo call

The actress appeared to take inspiration from Hurley's famous Versace gown
Plunging: Jennifer Lawrence at a photo call for Red Sparrow
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Emma Powell20 February 2018
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Jennifer Lawrence gave a nod to Liz Hurley as she stepped out in a daring dress at a photo call for her latest film, Red Sparrow.

The US star, 27, took inspiration from Hurley’s iconic Versace dress that she wore to the 1994 premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Braving London’s chilly temperatures, Lawrence posed for photographers in the plunging black gown which featured buckled detailing and a thigh high slit.

The actress is in the capital to promote her new film, which sees her play Russian ballerina-turned-spy, Dominika Egorova.

Attention grabbing: Jennifer Lawrence turned heads in London
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She recently opened up about stripping off for the role, joking her ease with being naked on set made the crew feel “uncomfortable”.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight she said: “Everybody made me feel so comfortable that I probably at a certain point started making everybody else uncomfortable.

Leggy look: Jennifer Lawrence posing at London's Corinthia hotel
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“Because I'd be like, 'I don't want the robe. I'm hot. I'm eating.' Everybody's like, 'She needs to cover up.”

Lawrence hit the red carpet for the film’s London premiere on Monday night, just hours after she faced a backlash over her BAFTAs performance.

Iconic: Liz Hurley with Hugh Grant at the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral
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Lumley, who took over from Stephen Fry as host, said: “Right let’s start giving out some of those beautiful BAFTAs shall we?

“And we start with the award for Outstanding British Film and who better to kick the whole evening off than the hottest actress on the planet. Soon to be seen in Red Sparrow, it’s the ravishing Jennifer Lawrence.”

Lawrence replied: “Hi, that was a bit much but thank you, Joanna.”

Speaking to Ronan Keating on Magic FM she said: “Everybody thought that I was being rude. But to be fair, I couldn’t have just walked out after she was like, ‘biggest movie star in the world!!’

“And I’d just walked out and gone ‘thank you Joanna’. It would have been like, ‘so you agree? You think you’re really pretty’.”

Red Sparrow premier - in pictures

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Red Sparrow will be released on March 1

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