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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

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.

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.”

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

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 is in cinemas on November 19.

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