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Hutcherson. "Jen looked like a meth head
and I had a massive forehead. That’s so not
great in a lot of ways – but if you’re reading
this, I applaud your commitment.”
Each took a memento on the final day on
set. Lawrence kept her Mockingjay pins and
Catching Fire bows, while Hutcherson kept a
locket Peeta gave to Katniss.
“And I stole some underwear,” laughs
Hemsworth.
When STACK meets with Jennifer
Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and
Josh Hutcherson on the final
publicity tour for the franchise that made
them household names, they’re already
playing the “remake game”.
It’s not entirely unrealistic, given
Hollywood’s rapid recycle spin where Spider-
Man and Fantastic Four reboots pop up every
few years.“I don’t think it would be surreal
at all, I think it’s a totally realistic possibility,”
muses Lawrence.
“I want to play Haymitch and Jen could
be Effie. Liam can be Snow,” laughs
Hutcherson. “Then Jen and Amy Schumer
are gonna write it!”
Much has happened since the trio first
met on the first installment of the Hunger
Games franchise. Not least that Lawrence
won an Oscar for her role in Silver Linings
Playbook and the trio can no longer go out in
public without being mobbed.
Most recently Lawrence has become best
pals with comedy’s golden girl Amy Schumer,
together penning a movie script.
“We’re chugging through and it’s
almost done,” she says. “We play sisters,
estranged from our family. We have a very
sick codependent relationship and it’s all very
dramatic and serious.”
It’s not her first time writing, she reveals.
“I’ve been writing since as long as I can
remember. But this is my first time writing
something people will actually see.”
Asked if we might see her on the stand-
up circuit with Schumer anytime soon, she
laughs: “Oh my god no, I’m not delusional! I
would never be able to do that, that is such
an art and so brave.”
“I would buy a ticket. I would
heckle the shit out of you,” says
Hutcherson. “Boo! Go back to
Panem!” chimes Hemsworth.
There’s been many highs
and lows along their Hunger
Games journey. “It opens a lot
of doors for sure, and the most
important thing is I’m really
proud of these movies," says
Lawrence. "As big as they are,
and they’re a franchise, they
are beautifully crafted films. The
best part is that we’ll be friends
for ever.”
The fan encounters provide
some of the funniest memories
during their dizzy rise to the top.
“Once a girl showed me
tattoos she’d had done of
Jen and my faces on the
back of her calves," says
12 MARCH 2016
FUN AND GAMES
As The HUNGER GAMES
reaches its crescendo in
MOCKINGJAY – PART 2,
Jennifer Lawrence and her
fellow cast members look
back on the epic series,
and the mementos they
took from the set.
• The Hunger
Games:
Mockingjay -
Part 2
is out on
March 23
GAMES
MENTOR
Woody Harrelson will also miss
The Hunger Games.
From cynical drunk to true mentor,
Woody Harrelson’s Haymitch Abernathy has
been a fixture of The Hunger Games series
– and he’s sorry it’s coming to an end.
“I really don't want to be done with The
Hunger Games,” he admits. “I wish it didn't
have to end, ever. The characters in the film
have formed a kind of patchwork family
and that was equally true for us as actors
in real life.”
Harrelson has particularly welcomed the
chance to get close to Jennifer Lawrence
over the series. He says his character
comes to care deeply about Katniss in a
way that maybe surprises him, and it was
easy to get to that place with Lawrence.
“She's so much fun to work with, but also
so honest and true in her performance.”
And while he will miss it, the series at
least finishes with a bang. “What's been
so exciting is that each installment of The
Hunger Games has been equally great.
This last chapter, though, is absolutely the
biggest in terms of scale and in terms of
the lasting consequences.”
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