Oscars: Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lawrence cross paths, charmingly

Jack Nicholson and Jennifer Lawrence crossed paths backstage at the Oscars on Sunday night in a collision that pitted charm against charm, with the result being, well, charming.

Lawrence was describing her shock at receiving the lead actress Oscar to “Good Morning America’s� George Stephanopoulos when Jack stepped into view, shaking the interviewer’s hand and flattering a stunned J-Law.

After a mutual-praise exchange that had Lawrence gushing about loving “all� of Nicholson’s movies, he began to take his leave.

“You look like an old girlfriend,� Nicholson told her as he walked away.

“Oh, really? Do I look like a new girlfriend?� she joked back.

“I thought about it,� he said suavely.

“Oh, my God!� she said after she thought he’d left, face crashing into her hands. “Is he still here?� she asked Stephanopoulos.

“I’ll be waiting!,� Nicholson said, popping back into the picture with his trademark shades on.

“Oh, my God. I need a rear-view mirror!� she exclaimed.

For all of Lawrence’s regular-girl realness over the course of awards-season interviews, this may have been the realest reaction audiences have seen from the 22-year-old actress — or at least the biggest.

“I was going to ask you what are you going to remember about tonight,� Stephanopoulos said with a laugh.

“That!� Lawrence pronounced, smiling broadly and gesturing Jack’s way with her thumb. “That!�

It was her first time meeting the screen legend, she said.

As if we couldn’t tell.

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