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008 NOVEMBER 2015
ENDGAME
W hen 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”.
Its 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 four-
movie 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
AsThe Hunger Games reaches its crescendo in Mockingjay - Part
2, Jennifer Lawrence and her fellow cast members look back on
the epic series, and the mementoes they took from the set.
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 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. Gill Pringle
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
is in cinemas on November 19.
best pals with comedy’s golden girl Amy Schumer,
together penning a movie script.
“We’re chugging through and its almost done,”
she says. “We play sisters, estranged from
our family. We have a very sick co-dependent
relationship and it’s all very dramatic and serious.”
Its 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.”