--- title: Jennifer Lawrence Beats Jimmy Fallon at Axe Throwing Battle description: The 'mother!' actress and Fallon take a whack at throwing axes in a sharp-edged competition during the 'Tonight Show.' canonical: https://time.com/4939410/jennifer-lawrence-falllon-axes/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-13T15:52:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:12.508Z og:title: Watch Jennifer Lawrence & Jimmy Fallon Face Off & Throw Axes og:description: It's a battle of axe throwers on the Tonight Show og:url: https://time.com/4939410/jennifer-lawrence-falllon-axes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jennifer Lawrence & Jimmy Fallon Face Off & Throw Axes twitter:description: It's a battle of axe throwers on the Tonight Show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jennifer Lawrence Beat Jimmy Fallon in a Friendly Axe-Throwing Battle  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 13, 2017 3:52 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 13, 2017 3:52 PM UTC Axe throwing may not be your usual late night television game activity. But this is [Jennifer Lawrence](http://time.com/money/4903134/jennifer-lawrence-emma-stone-forbes-highest-paid-actress/) we’re talking about, she of [_Hunger Games_](http://time.com/4099494/jennifer-lawrence-gender-pay-gap-katniss-hunger-games/) archery skill and _X-Men_ stunts, so of course the [_mother!_ actor](http://time.com/4927288/mother-review-jennifer-lawrence/) challenged her host Jimmy Fallon to a little friendly competition involving sharp blades and a wooden target rustled up from the glory days of Johnny Carson’s era hosting the classic variety show. “Jennifer, you were telling me how recently you tried axe throwing for the first time, and you challenged me to a little competition. And I don’t know why, but I said yes,” Fallon introduced the game. “So we’re going to take turns throwing axes at that target, which we found in the old _Tonight Show_ prop room,” he added, explaining the rules of the Old-West-style activity. While Fallon’s first attempt missed the mark, sailing over the target entirely, his aim improved over the three shots — despite Lawrence’s best efforts at distraction. To see how Lawrence proved her skills, watch the clip. (Hint: it ends with _someone_ throwing a bit of a frustrated tantrum and taking an axe to the backboard in anger.) Lawrence’s buzzy psychological thriller _mother!_, directed by [Darren Aronofsky](http://time.com/4893052/jennifer-lawrence-on-dating-darren-aronofsky/) and co-starring Javier Bardem and [Michelle Pfeiffer](http://time.com/4929183/michelle-pfeiffer-mother-jennifer-lawrence/), is in theaters Sept. 15. Jennifer Lawrence Beats Jimmy Fallon at Axe Throwing Battle ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4939410/jennifer-lawrence-falllon-axes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4939410/jennifer-lawrence-falllon-axes/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence Beat Jimmy Fallon in a Friendly Axe-Throwing Battle","datePublished":"2017-09-13T15:52:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:12.508Z","description":"The 'mother!' actress and Fallon take a whack at throwing axes in a sharp-edged competition during the 'Tonight Show.'","url":"https://time.com/4939410/jennifer-lawrence-falllon-axes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Jennifer Lawrence","jimmy fallon","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4939410/jennifer-lawrence-falllon-axes/","name":"Jennifer Lawrence Beat Jimmy Fallon in a Friendly Axe-Throwing Battle"}}]}] ```