The Hunger Games Director Recalls Jennifer Lawrence's Incredible Audition
The Hunger Games director Gary Ross reminisces about Jennifer Lawrence's audition for the young adult blockbuster. In 2022, Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most respected young actresses in the industry. The four-time Oscar nominee — and one-time winner, for Silver Linings Playbook - has managed to bridge the gap between blockbuster tentpole films (including playing Mystique in the X-Men prequel franchise that began with First Class) and more arthouse-oriented work like Mother!, even starring in yet another Best Picture-nominated film just last year, with Adam McKay's Don't Look Up.
However, despite the fact that she'd already been nominated for Best Actress for an early role in Winter's Bone, her titanic career success couldn't have been achieved without being cast in the 2012 film The Hunger Games, adapted from the Suzanne Collins novel of the same name. She starred in the dystopian thriller as Katniss Everdeen, a young woman who is forced to participate in a life-or-death tournament with 23 other kids from different districts. Katniss volunteers to be the tribute from District 12 to prevent her younger sister from suffering her fate, and eventually goes on to subvert the system and keep herself and her district counterpart Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) alive.
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While speaking with THR in honor of the 10th anniversary of The Hunger Games, director Gary Ross spoke about the audition that landed Jennifer Lawrence the role. He reveals that even though the studio had him hold a wide range of auditions, he "had a real sense of who I wanted before the auditions." This included Hutcherson, Lawrence, and Liam Hemsworth, who played Lawrence's love interest
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