Jennifer Lawrence: 'I'm buttering up hot Timothee Chalamet like a pig for slaughter'

Jennifer Lawrence is crushing on Call Me By Your Name star Timothee Chalamet and can't wait for him to get a little older, so she can date him.

The Hunger Games star is single after her romance with director Darren Aronfsky fell apart last year (17), and she admits she has her eye on 22-year-old Chalamet, who recently became the youngest Best Actor Oscar nominee in almost 80 years.

"I'm waiting for him to get a little bit older, you know?" she told news show Entertainment Tonight. "(I'm) buttering him up like a pig for slaughter, and then I'm going to swing right in there as soon as he's, like, 30."

She quickly checked herself and added, "He's old enough to say that, right? He's over 18? What if I was like, 'He's hot!' and he's 15?'"

At 27, Jen is five years older than the young star - but she's prepared to wait for him to get a little older: "I didn't realise he was so young," she added. "Tell him to wait... (He's) so, so talented and hot!"

She might not have to wait too long - Timothee is a big fan.

Speaking at the Golden Globes last month (Jan18), he said, "If I saw Jennifer Lawrence - I already met her, so I don't know why I would still be geeking out - I would totally be as starstruck as if it was the first time."

Jennifer has dated a Hollywood hunk before, having romanced actor Nicholas Hoult for four years until they broke up in 2014.