Jennifer Lawrence to play Amy Schumer’s sister in co-written screenplay

Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer have been co-writing a screenplay, in which they play sisters.

The Oscar-winning actress has revealed that the pair have been secretly working together on a new project after meeting just a few months ago.

Lawrence told The New York Times: “We play sisters. We’re almost done writing. It just flowed out of us. We’ve got about 100 pages right now.

“Amy and I were creatively made for each other. We have different flavors. It’s been the most fun experience of my life.

“We start the day off on the phone, laughing. And then we send each other pages. And we crack up.”

The 25-year-old added: “I’m flying out tomorrow to see her in Chicago. We’ll write a little bit with her sister, Kim, who worked with Amy when she was writing Trainwreck.”

Lawrence has admitted that she was the one to approach Schumer, dropping her an email after seeing her new film.

She said: “I emailed her after I saw ‘Trainwreck’ and said, ‘I don’t know where to get started. I guess I should just say it: I’m in love with you.

“ We started emailing, and then emailing turned to texting.”