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The Washington Post: New Interview With Jennifer on Being Prepared for the Hunger Games, R&R, and X-Men

The Washington Post recently chatted on the phone with Jennifer Lawrence about film making, X-Men, and how well prepared she is for the Hunger Games. Check out the interview below:

Q: Was it strange to go from doing movies like “Winter’s Bone” to an “X-Men” flick? Or is there ultimately little difference between making an indie vs. a comic-book film?
Lawrence: It’s all filmmaking. The behind-the-scenes is always different: you have a bigger trailer, there’s better food. Things like that. I still do the movies for the same reasons. I still love the script, I love the director, I love the character and the other actors involved. So all of the reasons why I was there, they were all the same.

It’s kind of like camping vs. going to a resort. They’re both fun, they’re just different kinds of fun.

Q: James McAvoy co-stars in “X-Men,” and strikes me as someone who has gone through a similar transition, having appeared in films like “Atonement,” as well as comic-book movies like this one and “Wanted.” Did you seek career advice from him?
Lawrence: No, I think we kind of mostly just joked around and messed up takes and made fart noises.

Q: I am sure your Oscar experience was a bit of a blur, but do you have one or two moments that stand out in your memory from that night?
Lawrence: I was really excited because Florence and the Machine was playing. I really remember that performance really well. It was great. I loved being able to sit next to my dad. We just kept looking at each other like, “I can’t believe this is happening.”

Q: Have you started to process what’s changed in your life in the past year or two?
Lawrence: I’m still really focused on the work, to be honest. I pay attention to me being busier. But I don’t think of it as “Oh my God, now I am on all these talk shows.” It’s just kind of like, work. And then I’m still reading scripts and trying to figure out the next thing. And when I’m on set, I’m just thinking about the script and of working.

Q: You’ve been praised in the media for seeming grounded. Do you feel like you’re more grounded than other people you encounter in Hollywood?
Lawrence: I think I run into grounded people all the time. As long as you remember what you’re here for — you’re here for the work, you’re here to make a film.
I was talking about it the other day, how there seems to be some very bizarre habit where as soon as you become big and famous, you think that you don’t have to work anymore. And it’s just such a weird trend that I’m starting to see. But I run into grounded people all the time. Given, most of them are behind the camera. But I definitely by no means think I’m the only one.

Q: There is so much Internet chatter and interest in “The Hunger Games.” Do you feel prepared for all the added attention?
Lawrence: I don’t think there really is a way to prepare, I just think there is a way to accept it. It’s kind of scary, to be honest. I love the movie and I love the books, and I didn’t want to just turn away because I was scared [of the scrutiny].

Q: Given your schedule, do you ever have time to relax? If so, what do you do?
Lawrence: Not right now. I just kind of do what I just did, which is just cancelled my flight I was supposed to be rushing to right now so I could just have a full night’s sleep here and then go to work tomorrow.
I don’t have full days of rest, no.

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Wall Street Journal Interviews Jennifer

When you were offered the "Hunger Games" lead, did you feel like you were facing a fork in the road?

I got a taste of fame from the Oscars and I didn't like it. That's a terrible thing to say because it's such a tremendous honor. But I went from being normal Jennifer to being at these parties where I couldn't just be the girl making dumb jokes in the corner. Everybody's treating me differently and talking to me differently and I know that they're lying and that they're sucking up to me. It was a very bizarre time to be presented [with a part] that could make me arguably the most famous person my age a year from now. I remember sitting in a coffee shop in London thinking, if I say yes to this job, next year at this time people will be here taking pictures of me with their phones. And I couldn't find a bright side in it. But I didn't want to say no to a script that I loved because I was scared.

The movie is about to start shooting. Do you get first-day jitters?

The acting I'm cool with, but starting a movie is so scary. Are they going to like me? Am I going to have friends? Is the director going to be mean? They'll all go to dinner and they're not going to invite me. And it's like that every single time. A friend told me to get one of my best friends to be my personal assistant, which was brilliant advice. It's a constant and she reminds me of home.

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Jennifer Lawrence on 'Elle' Photoshoot and Interview

As she gears up for the June 3rd release of her new movie "X-Men: First Class," Jennifer Lawrence continued her press efforts with a feature in the June 2011 issue of Elle magazine.

Wearing a Miu Miu dress, the 20-year-old beauty posed for a photo session while interviewing with the mag about topics including her new comic-based caper, as well as the Oscars and filming in general.

With a behind the scenes video included below, highlights from Miss Lawrence's Elle interview are as follows:

On her role in "X-Men: First Class": “I knew that if I was going to be naked in front of the world, I wanted to look like a woman and not a prepubescent 13-year-old boy…I’m so sick of people thinking that’s what we’re supposed to look like.”

On her Oscar preparations: “Fifteen minutes before, the guy doing my hair goes, ‘If you can get a salad, get a salad…I said, ‘I’m getting a Philly cheesesteak.’ I’m sure there’s proof on a hotel bill somewhere.”

On her experiences on set: “When you’re on set, everybody’s like, ‘Oh, do you need water? Here’s 45 bottles!’ It’s really bizarre…I’m still getting used to it. I’m still in wonderland.”



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Jennifer Lawrence Talks 'Twilight,' Kristen Stewart with Mtv.com

For those who keep tabs on the world of best-selling young adult fiction and the big-screen adaptations that accompany them as we do, the most exciting story to come out of that world recently is the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian mega-hit, "The Hunger Games."

Naturally the biggest news was the announcement that Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence had won the highly coveted role of Katniss Everdeen, followed by casting news of key characters Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth), then Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinkett and later, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy.

MTV News was lucky enough to score a few minutes with Lawrence recently to talk all about her exciting upcoming projects, including "The Hunger Games" and "X-Men: First Class." While discussing the huge fan-following behind the "Games" trilogy, the topic of comparisons to another popular book series-turned-box-office dominator, "Twilight," and its leading lady, Kristen Stewart, came up.

Given that "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight" have a few similarities, we asked Lawrence if she's spoken to Stewart about the experience, or if she'd want to commiserate in any way about starring in hugely popular book-to-movie franchises.

"No, I haven't spoken to her," Lawrence said, and then playfully acted out a little pantomime scene of what might happen if and when the two ever do meet. To do so, Lawrence used a series of incomprehensible grunts and gestures that could be loosely translated as, "Hi, how are you? You're in those movies. You are, too. Cool."

"I don't really know what we'd say," Lawrence admitted. "[We'd] just be like [gestures to an invisible book in her hand], 'Books! Who knew?'

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Has 'True Grit' Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won Your Vote For 'The Hunger Games'?

A few weeks back, MTV News' Josh Horowitz chatted with 14-year-old "True Grit" star Hailee Steinfeld about the building buzz surrounding her and a certain "Hunger Games" role. (I think you know which part I'm talking about—ahem, Katniss—but if you're still unclear, check out Josh's interview with Hailee.)

Now, I'll admit when I first heard this suggestion my initial reaction was, "I'm not so sure..." but then I watched "True Grit" over the Christmas holiday. And I'm sold.

Hailee stars in the Western as no-nonsense Mattie Ross, an avenging angel of a teen looking to bring her father's murderer to justice with the help of Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon. Mattie is fearless, determined and willing to risk it all for her family...sound familiar?

Hailee's scored plenty of accolades from critics and fans alike, securing nominations from both the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards (could an Oscar nod be far off?). Her spot-on resemblance to District 12's scrappy contender and her obvious acting chops shoot her to the top ranks of my Katniss casting wishlist (even if she is a year or two younger than our heroine).

But what do you think? Do you agree that Hailee would make a good Katniss? Josh recently caught back up with the actress at the National Board of Review Gala to see if any progress has been made on landing the role. Click play on the video above to hear what Hailee had to say!

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FOX News in Lubbock, TX, Talks About Kids' Letters to Gary Ross

In last week's interview with Entertainment Weekly, The Hunger Games Director Gary Ross repeatedly referenced letters he received from middle school students in Texas providing their thoughts on how the book should be adapted for the big screen.
EW: Are you already hearing from kids who are afraid you’re going to screw up their favorite book?

Ross: [Laughs] I just received 150 letters from the Frenship Middle School near Lubbock, Texas. The reading-program teacher got them to all write me letters. So many of them wrote, “Listen, I know this is an action movie and I can’t wait to see the action, but please don’t lose the heart of the story.” The death of Rue is mentioned by every kid who reads the book. It’s funny because I realize the letters are from Lubbock, Texas, which is where Buddy Holly was from. So in a way it’s the birthplace of American teenage rebellion. Isn’t that cool?
Now FOX News in Lubbock, TX, has spoken with the students' teacher about the project she assigned.
After reading the book, The Hunger Games, Lenzi Hart came up with a fascinating project for her students.
"Told the kids to write Gary Ross, who is the director of The Hunger Games, and to format a letter where they share their opinions and give him advice on making the movie," said Hart.
The Hunger Games is a young adult science fiction book that finds children forced to battle to their death in front of a TV audience.
Hart was inspired to assign this task because she heard that when many kids finish a book, then watch the movie, they come away unimpressed.
"Do their best to let him know what needs to be in that movie when they sit down in the theater to watch it, so they won't be disappointed in it," said Hart.

The 134 letters from Hart's students were sent off to Gary Ross before Christmas break. When school resumed she was shocked to see an article about the director in Entertainment Weekly that mentions her students' letters as being inspiration for the upcoming film.

"I didn't think that they would make it into his hands," said Hart.

Read the full story at MyFOXLubbock.com.

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'Hunger Games' exclusive: Why Gary Ross got the coveted job, and who suggested Megan Fox for the lead role

Recently, EW spoke exclusively with director Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit) about his vision for the Hunger Games, the first installment of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian trilogy. (If you’re one of the few people out there who’ve still yet to give in to the immense reading pleasure of Collins’ futuristic world, where a cruel Capitol sends its children to fight to the death on reality TV, right that wrong.) The conversation with Ross, who discovered the books after listening to his twin 15-year-old son and daughter rave over them, was really just a delightful geek-out session on the true grit of 16-year-old hero Katniss Everdeen, and Collins’ urgent and timely message about the power of the individual.

After Ross devoured the trilogy he flew himself to London over the summer to meet with producer Nina Jacobson — who was on the set of One Day, another great read! — to plead his case. “I felt very protective of the book,” says Jacobson, who already had a long line of interested directors at her door. “There was a version of the movie that could be made that would in fact be guilty of all of the sins of the Capitol and portray this violence among youth irresponsibly. If you put the visual wow as your priority over the character of Katniss, you risk making junk food out of something which is anything but. And Gary had a real feel for the balancing act between the epic adventure and the intimate love story.”

“I’m so touched by the humanity of Katniss,” Ross tells EW. “As much as the firestorm or the final action sequences are incredibly riveting and enormous, it’s the relationships in the books that are the most moving to me.” That’s good news for fans of the book from Lubbock, Texas. Upon news that Ross had taken the helm, an 8th grade reading teacher from Lubbock’s Frenship Middle School instructed her 134 students to each pen letters to the director with advice on how to best nail the film. “So many of them wrote ‘Listen, I know this is an action movie and I can’t wait to see the action but please don’t lose the heart of the story,’” relays Ross. CAUTION! STOP! FAT SPOILER ALERT! “The death of Rue is mentioned by every kid who reads the book.”

One Frenship boy pleaded for Megan Fox in the role of Katniss, a perhaps misguided request at least partially driven by hormones. Ross and Jacobson will soon be heading into casting meetings, and they understand the growing clamoring for a relative unknown in the main role. “I don’t think she should be famous,” says Jacobson. “I think that fans want Katniss to belong to them and I understand that. And I think that sometimes with people who have a strong other identity — as a celebrity or as a well known other character — you feel like that person doesn’t belong to you and I think that’s what fans are looking for.” Ross promises that casting announcements will come soon, as the film hopes to go into production in the late spring.

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Scans from the January 14 issue and the transcript of Entertainment Weekly's Interview with Gary Ross

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It was the Director Gary Ross' 15-year-old twins who turned him on to The Hunger Games, the first installment of Suzanne Collins' terrifically urgent futuristic trilogy. "I started reading it at 9 o'clock one night and finished reading it at 2 in the morning," says Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit).

Like the rest of the best-selling young-adult series' ardent fans, he fell hard for heroine Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old who must survivie the whims of a cruel government that sends children to fight to the deaht on reality TV. Ross and Lionsgate aim to start production on the first film in the late spring. Collins, who wrote the early drafts of the script, is resting easy about the choice of director. "I feel confident that Katniss is in excellent hands," she tells EW. "His previous work illustrates his passion and talent for good storytelling, and I look forward to seeing his vision for The Hunger Games come to life."

In this exclusive interview - which contains a few spoilers, so don't say we didn't warn you - Ross describes just what that vision entails.

EW: What do you think makes you the right director for the gig?

Gary Ross: I just loved the story so much. There is a defiant, antiauthoritarian quality to it. I guess if you look at some of my stuff, Pleasantville probably in particular, there’s a streak that runs through all that. And I’m so touched by the humanity of Katniss. As much as the firestorm or the final action sequences are incredibly riveting and enormous, it’s the relationships in the book that are the most moving to me.

EW: Are you already hearing from kids who are afraid you’re going to screw up their favorite book?

Ross: [Laughs] I just received 150 letters from the Frenship Middle School near Lubbock, Texas. The reading-program teacher got them to all write me letters. So many of them wrote, “Listen, I know this is an action movie and I can’t wait to see the action, but please don’t lose the heart of the story.” The death of Rue is mentioned by every kid who reads the book. It’s funny because I realize the letters are from Lubbock, Texas, which is where Buddy Holly was from. So in a way it’s the birthplace of American teenage rebellion. Isn’t that cool?

EW: Did they give you useful advice?
Ross: A lot of them talked about “Don’t mess with the colors.” I think they didn’t want me to pump it full of contrast or desaturate the movie or make it gratuitously edgy in a visual way. I think kids are hipper to clichés than we are sometimes.

EW: Those Lubbock kids, to say nothing of your own son and daughter, must have strong ideas about casting.
Ross: Can I just take this opportunity to tell you who I’m going to cast or…

EW: You may!
Ross: No, I’m just kidding. I’m just at the beginning of the process right now. I’ve talked to Suzanne so extensively and I feel like I understand the character really, really well. I’ve read in the press that there are front-runners, but that’s not the case.

EW: Do you want to cast an unknown?
Ross: I honestly don’t know. We’ll cast the right person for the part. Lionsgate has been great in that they don’t feel that this needs a movie star in Katniss’ role. The greatest thing about the franchise and the books being the star is that we can cast whoever we want.

EW: Your budget is reportedly $60 million. Are you going to have enough for the otherworldly scope of this project? [Lionsgate denies the figure, saying the budget has yet to be locked in.]
Ross: I’m not allowed to confirm the budget number, but I will say it’s enough money to make the movie well and not disappoint a single fan. It’s a lot less money than a lot of other franchises or tentpoles of the same stature. But I don’t mind budget constraints. Sometimes they can produce creative solutions that are often better than what you would’ve had if you hadn’t had to think it through so rigorously.

EW: How much CGI will be involved? I imagine you’ll need some for the Muttations, the book’s genetically altered creatures?
Ross: It’s funny because the Lubbock kids—back to Lubbock, I’m dying to go to this school!—also expressed how important it was for me to adequately render the Muttations. And yes, we will. Obviously they’re one of the larger technical challenges, but they will be animated CG characters.

EW: What scene do you most look forward to shooting?
Ross: I can’t wait to shoot the firestorm from a filmmaking perspective. I can’t wait to do the relationship with Rue—both developing the relationship between Katniss and Rue and also the poignancy of Rue’s funeral. How Katniss decorates her body with flowers? I mean, it’s just so beautiful.

EW: Some fans think the book’s violence demands an R rating.
Ross: It’s not going to be an R-rated movie because I want the 12- and 13- and 14-year-old fans to be able to go see it. This book means too much to too many teenagers for it not to be PG-13. It’s their story and they deserve to be able to access it completely. And I don’t think it needs to be more extreme than that.

EW: Do you find the violence in the book extreme?
Ross: No, I don’t. I wouldn’t rate the book R. I think Suzanne has a lot of restraint. It isn’t that she has written an overly graphic book. Even in things like the Tracker Jacker sequence, while horrific, it’s the ideas that Suzanne has created that are so terrifying.

EW: Do you think the demand for an R rating partly comes from grown-ups trying to justify falling for something marketed to young adults?
Ross: Maybe that’s true. And yet some of the greatest literature is YA. If you look at the S.E. Hinton stuff that Coppola did [The Outsiders and Rumble Fish, both in 1983]—that’s just so classically wonderful. In between [my screenplays for] Dave and Pleasantville, I was the Los Angeles library commissioner, and we greatly expanded teen services in that time. And that’s when I first fell in love with YA literature. It’s as urgent as being a teenager is. And Suzanne has created something that’s just so unbelievably universal that it doesn’t really know an age.

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'Hunger Games' exclusive: Director Gary Ross talks about casting Katniss

The rumors are true. Director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, Pleasantville) will direct the Lionsgate adaptation of The Hunger Games, the first installment of Suzanne Collins’ brilliantly urgent dystopian trilogy. In his first conversation anywhere about the film, which Lionsgate told EW will likely go into production in the late spring of 2011, Ross was funny, passionate, and sounded as deeply impressed and moved by heroine Katniss Everdeen as the trilogy’s ardent fans.

Ross revealed that he hadn’t yet met with any actresses but would begin those conversations shortly. Admirers of Katniss, District 12′s dark and resilient “Tribute,” can rest assured that the director won’t dumb the character down or cutesy her up for the movie. “I’ve talked to Suzanne extensively and I feel like I understand the character really, really well,” he said. “I feel like I know who that girl needs to be.”

Ross dispelled the notion that there are already leading contenders for the role. “I’ve read in the press that there are frontrunners but that’s not the case.” There has been much clamoring online to cast an unknown, a possibility Ross hasn’t ruled out. “I honestly don’t know,” he said. “We’ll cast the right person for the part. Lionsgate has been great in the respect that they don’t feel that this needs a movie star in Katniss’ role. The greatest thing about the franchise and the books being the star is that we can cast whoever we want. So we all feel like we’re just going to cast the right person.”

And just who Katniss should be, says Ross, has nothing to do with an actress’ heat or whether she’s a great beauty by Hollywood’s exacting standards. “I don’t think that’s the main criterion for Katniss,” Ross insisted. “What makes Katniss attractive is her strength and her assuredness and her defiance and ultimately her compassion. And I don’t mean just physical strength. I mean a real strength as a human being. She knows her own truth. She feels deeply and fiercely. And this is something that the actress has to bring with her.”

Was Ross ready to reveal whether, say, Robert Downey Jr. or Hugh Laurie would step into the vomit-stained shoes of our beloved Haymitch? “No,” he said with a laugh. “But I’ll tell you very soon. I promise. It would be wrong I think to announce it before we’ve actually cast them or spoken to them.”

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Hailee Steinfeld On 'Hunger Games' Role: It 'Would Definitely Be An Honor'

If you're a teenage actress with brunette locks and plenty of pluck, it's likely your name has been thrown into the metaphorical arena for the role of Katniss Everdeen, the heroine of Suzanne Collins' YA novel "The Hunger Games," which is being adapted for the big screen. From Kaya Scodelario to Hollywood Crush BFF Malese Jow, there is no shortage of candidates for the much-talked about part. One of the newest actresses gaining buzz is 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld, who stars alongside Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges in the upcoming Western "True Grit." When MTV's Josh Horowitz sat down to chat with the young actress, he just had to find out what she thought about a role in "The Hunger Games."

As it turns out, Hailee is already a fan of the post-apocalyptic series. "I read the first one—I was in the middle of the second one, and I kind of felt like—I kind of have to read it every time I have a spare moment—and I kind of felt like I was missing something. So I'm rereading the first one just so I can make sure that I get everything. But they're kind of an incredible book series," she said.


When Josh pressed about what Hailee thought of fans recommending her for the role, she said she hadn't even heard the chatter! "That's definitely an honor," she said. "I didn't even realize that people were mentioning my name. And, again, it's every actor's dream to be recognized for something that they love to do, and to get recognized for that is pretty amazing. I thank the people out there who think that. That would definitely be an honor."

While Hailee is a couple years younger than 16-year-old Katniss, we think she's certainly a great option for the role. I mean, if you can go toe-to-toe with Matt Damon onscreen, wielding a bow and arrow should be no sweat!

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