What's encouraging is that Kendrick is aware of potential pitfalls. In an interview with L.A. Weekly, she said she's attempting to take cues from previous tales, like Lawrence "being everywhere and then people going, 'Ugh, that Jennifer Lawrence is f*cking everywhere.' Right, but that's because you put her everywhere. You keep blogging about her, and then she's too ubiquitous for your taste."

This is correct! Ubiquity is a two-way street, after all. But for Kendrick to say this in a year when she has no fewer than five new movies coming out indicates that while she sees the problem, she may not quite know how to avoid it. Again, it's rather unfair that she has to go to such lengths to avoid it, but this is the world we live in.

Because we like Kendrick a lot, and would not enjoy having to defend our feelings about her during a slightly too tense dinner party conversation, we submit the following: our essential guide to avoid being Hathaway'd.

Don't Start Taking Yourself Too Seriously

Anne Hathaway, our trope namer, was Hathaway'd for what were essentially the qualities that made her a big star to begin with: she comes across like a theater-kid striver who would very much like you to like her. She, like Kendrick, is well-known for her musical work, winning her Oscar for Les Miserables. Because she started taking it all a touch more sincerely than we like – she opened her Oscar acceptance speech by saying "it came true!" – haters came out of the woodwork. Culture vultures like their actresses humble and funny (think Sandra Bullock instead of Gwyneth Paltrow). Sure, George Clooney can rant about whatever he wants during his acceptance speech, but he's a man! He's handsome and charming and not a problem.

But Also Don't Be Too Self-Deprecating

The line between being hated because you try too hard and being hated because you were too self-aware about trying hard is thin. It is, in fact, razor's-edge thin. But if there's any one of these areas where Kendrick is most vulnerable, it's here. You may have found her Newcastle non-Super Bowl ad delightful and hilarious. (You would be correct!) But some found it irritating that she called herself "the hottest girl in your improv class," because she clearly believes deeply in a line she said as part of a paid commercial gig.

To be fair, she did repeat the idea in an interview with Elle about not getting hit on, so buying into one's PR-crafted image appears to be a danger. Not too late to save herself, though.

Avoid Becoming a Caricature

This one's important, because it nearly took down Lawrence, and there was a time about two years ago when that seemed nigh impossible. Pandering to what people think of you is a dangerous game. If you fall at an awards show and everyone thinks its adorable, don't do it again the next year. Everyone will think you fell on purpose, because they're onto your game, Eve Harrington. And no matter what you do, don't then try to tell a funny story about how you were drunk to excuse it. That'll only make the caricature worse.