Full, unedited press conference featuring Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Banks, Jena Malone, Willow Shields and director Francis Lawrence - filmed in London on 11/11/2013. This is the full and unedited UK press conference for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The press conference for The Hunger Games 2 was divided into two parts. The second part features Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Sam Claflin, Stanley Tucci, and Jeffrey Wright and will be available later today.
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Shaun Robinson interviewed the cast of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Watch her interview with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland.
The interviews from the Catching Fire press junket continue. Check out new interviews with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, and the Catching Fire cast.
Get ready for tons of little clips like this in the days to come. Fresh from the Catching Fire press junket, the interviews are really starting to roll in. Here are Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson talking to Entertainment Tonight.
ELizabeth Banks, Lenniy Kravitz, Sam Claflin, and Jena Malone talk about Catching Fire with ET.
The Catching Fire cast continues their whirlwind press tour to promote the movie. These photos are from a press conference at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, CA.
From InStyle Magazine:
Jennifer Lawrence may play one tough heroine on the big screen, but our December cover girl shows a candid and glamorous side in the holiday issue— out on newsstands on November 15th. Lawrence talks about everything from her workout regime, which she admits that “nothing can motivate me,” to growing up with two older brothers, and that infamous trip up the stairs during last year’s Oscars. “I fell because the fabric of my dress got stuck under my foot. I can’t walk up stairs, ever. In fact, I tripped walking up some stairs just yesterday, and my publicist was cracking up.” In our exclusive behind-the-scenes video, Lawrence kept her balance (while in Fendi pumps) as she took fashion to new heights at the 17,000-square-foot hangar at the Jet Center L.A. dressed in everything from Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Céline, and Valentino, all shot pre-pixie hair cut! Click the play button to get a sneak peek at some of Lawrence’s white-hot couture looks, then make sure you pick up InStyle‘s December issue, on newsstands and available for digital download beginning Friday, November 15.
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The gorgeous, talented and often-unfiltered Jennifer Lawrence — who made news earlier this week for chopping her long locks into a chic pixie — graces InStyle‘s December cover, hitting newsstands next Friday, November 15. Dressed in the likes of Valentino, Céline, and Alexander McQueen, the 23-year-old talent talked to us about her distaste for dieting and working out (“Nothing can motivate me,” she says), her desire to “calm down for a while” after Hunger Games wraps, and, well, her hair, telling us during our interview that it was at “an awkward length” and “awkward color.” Which now has us wondering… While the gorgeous photos inside the issue feature Lawrence pre-chop, her hair is pulled back and styled in such a way that it looks as though she’s sporting a shorter ‘do. Did our shoot inspire her to make the cut? We’ll never know, but we do know that J. Law looks amazing no matter the length of her hair, and is as funny and candid as ever in our December issue.
See the behind-the-scenes video from Jen's covershoot HERE.
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Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson spoke with HitFix about Catching Fire. Jen says Francis Lawrence is "too nice" for Hollywood -and that he's wonderful. Josh talks about how the book is their "bible" for the movie.
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Francis Lawrence took to Facebook yesterday to talk The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with Mashable's Kurt Wagner and to premiere a brand new clip from the movie. Check out the full Q&A below.
"Nice to meet all of your phones," actress Jennifer Lawrence jokingly said to Facebook employees who were photographing her onstage just moments before she participated in a Q&A panel Wednesday at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
During the 45-minute panel, Lawrence recounted how she "had to pee into a bucket" on set while wearing a wedding dress. She also said that the hardest and most emotional scene to tape was the one in which Katniss couldn't say goodbye to her family. Lawrence, who sported a new pixie cut, also poked fun at her digital skills.
Jennifer Lawrence and Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook HQ
"I've never been so confused in my whole life," she said when asked how it felt to visit Facebook. "I'm so technologically so dumb."
Near the end of the panel, the trio of actors talked about their Facebook use. Lawrence even conceptualized a fake Facebook status.
"I'm sweating — that would be my status, and it would never change," she said.
Jennifer Lawrence and Francis Lawrence had a little fireside chat on Yahoo's tumblr today as part of #GlobalFanDay. Watch the full Q&A below, and if you don't have time for the full video, after the jump we've got the individual videos and we've transcribed the interview!
Before their Google+ hangout for #GlobalFanDay today, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Francis Lawrence got a chance to test out Google Glass at Google Headquarters. Check out the pics.
If you weren't able to watch the #GlobalFanDay Catching Fire cast Google+ hangout with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Francis Lawrence, here's the whole video. It's worth tucking in for the full 45 minutes. There were so many insights about Catching Fire and, of course, the banter between the cast is priceless as always.
Liam Hemsworth stopped by The Tonight Show With Jay Leno last night to talk The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. He also introduced a new clip from the film and shared some excellent Jennifer Lawrence-ness from the set.
"She's, obviously, one of the best actresses I've ever worked with. She's incredible. On set she's an absolute maniac, but in the best way possible. There's no filter. She says whatever she wants, any time she wants. She's number one, so she kind of sets the bar for everyone, and when she's that unfiltered, everyone else becomes that unfiltered. Right before action, literally a SECOND before action, she'll turn to me and ask me if I have sex with kangaroos or anything like that. It's those kinds of questions, non-stop, all day long. (laughs) Then they'll call action and she'll go deadpan and walk straight into the scene and I'm standing like this, like, what are we doing?! She's a nutcase but she's the best."
As we get closer to the release of the movie, new images from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are popping up faster and faster. Check our the new (ish) stills from the US Weekly and People Catching Fire Special Editions!
It's starting, it's STARTING! The Hunger Games: Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence sat down with MTV News' Josh Horowitz a while back and we've been anxiously awaiting these interviews ever since. They discussed an amazing amount of Catching Fire goodness: arena, Sam Claflin as Finnick, Everlark, Katniss' wedding dress and so much more! Take a look:
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire costume designer, Trish Summerville talked to The New York Times about her inspiration behind Katniss' and Effie's costumes in the movie. She also gives us some insight into how she designed Peeta's looks and, sigh, it's all for love:
Katniss Everdeen as fashion’s It Girl? That’s how the costume designer Trish Summerville imagined the teenage warrior portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: As a previous victor, she must be camera-ready as Panem prepares for the 75th games.
“Considering how the Capitol and Panem ingest and digest capitalism and consumerism, and all the parties and galas they go to, they change fashions more quickly than each season,” she said.
Katniss’s outfits — gowns of feathers, accessories in rough-hewed fibers — indicate her ascent in the Capitol while evoking her home in the impoverished District 12. Her male comrades, Peeta and Finnick, received magnetic, matinee-idol looks. And dressing Effie Trinket required tapping Alexander McQueen and House of Worth for statement pieces, including shoes that forced Trinket literally to stay on her toes.
For her grand entrance to the 75th Hunger Games kickoff, Katniss dons a fantasy wedding dress by the Jakartan designer Tex Saverio — the one she might have worn had her nuptials to Peeta not been quashed by the games.
Illustration by Tex Saverio “I wanted to have a subliminal feel of flames and feathers to keep her the Girl on Fire while also representing the Mockingjay,” Ms. Summerville said. Mr. Saverio’s froth of layered organza features a flame-inspired silver corset and fabric peacock feathers sprouting at the waist. As Katniss twirls, the gown erupts, and an iridescent Mockingjay dress rises from the ash. Using images of a mockingbird, blue jay, pheasant and peacock, Ms. Summerville worked with an illustrator and graphic designer to create patterns of feathers and wings, which she then had printed on chiffon and built into the Mockingjay dress.
Katniss wears a one-shouldered, cowl-neck sweater vest, almost like a shield, over her father’s leather coat. The piece, made by Maria Dora, a Los Angeles knitwear designer, is meant to see Katniss through summer, spring and winter.
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“I wanted to bundle her up a bit and give her something that had a feel of the Capitol,” Ms. Summerville said, “but still with keeping in those nubby, big natural fibers — something, say, her mom could have made for her.” Like a security blanket, the piece accompanies Katniss on her hunting expeditions and even to bed on the Victory Tour. “It’s trying to marry both sides of her duality,” Ms. Summerville said, “having her heart at home but also fitting into the Capitol world without selling out.”
“This time around we made Peeta’s character much more masculine,” Ms. Summerville said. She laughed as she recounted meeting Josh Hutcherson, the actor who plays him, and saw how athletic he was.
“I was like, ‘We have to dude you up.' ” Using jackets and more structured pieces that amped up his already muscular physique, she accentuated his rapid maturation between the first and second films, and hinted at the emotional and sexual allure that drew Katniss to him initially. Ms. Summerville used a lot of subdued greens in Peeta’s wardrobe “because Katniss’s favorite color is green,” she said, “so subliminally, he’s always trying to woo her.” (!!!)
When the Capitol escort Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) returns to District 12 for the 75th reaping, she is adorned with monarch butterflies — on her dress, an actual Alexander McQueen couture design; her hair; even her eyelashes.
“In her mind, it’s springtime,” Ms. Summerville said. “Her chrysalis has turned into this butterfly, she gets to come out again, she gets to see the kids.” She wanted Effie to look uncomfortable. “I think it’s her penance to herself,” she said, explaining that Effie loves all the grandeur, but that “she’s also really conflicted about her role in calling the kids up for the reapings.” Effie’s waist is cinched a little too tightly, her heels are a little too high, and her clothes are nearly impossible to sit in.
Thanks to the effort of Carla over at Mockingjay.net - who took the time to translate this entire thing (thank you, Carla!) - we have a great new Catching Fire article from Spanish film magazine, Accion Cine. The article contains new interviews with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and director Francis Lawrence, and some of the new bits are (no surprise) flat out hilarious.
Jennifer Lawrence:
How was it, having a new director for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire?
Gary Ross and Francis Lawrence are very different, but each of them was perfect for their respective movies. Francis is a visionary, and he’s very good with actors. And Gary is too, as well has being very good with the script. I adore Francis, it’s so much fun to work with him and he’s a great man. He’s very nice and completely normal. The environment on set was very good, calm. You don’t need to get nervous about anything. The only thing he does is twirl a pencil, when he does that you know he’s stressed. But he’s done a wonderful job, he came in to this project with a great knowledge of the books and the characters. He’s also a good listener. We worked very well together.
Has this second film been easier to make than the first one, or harder?
It’s possible that it was less complicated in some aspects, but more in others. In the first movie we basically had no idea what we were doing. We knew how to make a movie, but it’s stressful to make a movie people have such high expectations of, have preconceived notions of. It’s pretty overwhelming. With the second movie we have the same kind of pressure, but at the same time it’s a relief because it seems like people liked what we did, so we can give them a bit more of the same but at the same time something different. As far as acting goes, it makes things easier because this is a character I’ve played before, so you don’t have to repeat that long initial process of understanding her. But at the same time it’s complicated because you want to preserve the parts people liked, while giving them something new.
I think one of the things you least liked filming was the scene where Katniss and Peeta get attacked by monkeys on the beach…
It was the worst! We were filming in a swamp for days! I’m paranoid in general and Josh Hutcherson wouldn’t stop talking about trench foot and fungi when we were in the swamp. He would say: “That’s what happens to your feet if you keep them wet for too long.” And we had spent 73 hours with our feet in the water! I was freaking out. And on top of that we were filming a scene where we were fighting and all of a sudden something lashed me in the butt. Everybody kept saying it was probably a cramp. But I know how it feels when you get a cramp and I wasn’t going crazy, I had felt a lash in my butt. It took us ten minutes to figure out that Sam Claflin’s spear had flown off, hitting me in the butt. It was so fast, nobody saw it, and we didn’t realize until we saw the footage we filmed. I don’t know how I’m going to be able to watch that scene. I was so angry about the fungi and the welt in my butt.
What’s one of your favorite scenes?
I think the one I was most eager to film was the scene I have with Donald Sutherland, where Katniss finds President Snow in her house. It was a very intense, incredible, emotional moment. It would’ve been for any actor, but the fact that it was with Donald Sutherland made it amazing for me.
Which actors or actresses do you look up to? Who would you like to emulate? Do you have any role models?
I don’t know if I’d necessarily call her an idol or a role model, but someone I admire, who’s an incredible actress, is Cate Blanchett. I think she’s extraordinary. And Meryl Streep as well, not just because of her acting but because she’s Meryl Streep and I’d like to live my life the way she has lived hers. The way she went away with her kids, we never saw pictures of her babies. I respect that a lot. And it’s not like I’m that way, because generally I want to do tons of things. I want to produce, I want to do this or that, and have a heart attack at 25 (laughs). But she’s only an actress and I like that.
How has the Oscar changed your life?
Thankfully it hasn’t changed my life. I don’t even know where it is. I think it might be in Kentucky. That’s what I hope, at least, because if not then I have no idea (laughs). I don’t have it.
It hasn’t even changed things on a professional level?
On a professional level, yes. But I don’t consider that part of my life, it’s just my job. I’m much more busy in a good way. You get a lot more opportunities. Obviously an Oscar is not something that can ever hurt your career. In fact, it only does wonderful things for it. The only thing that’s really changed is my personal life, being able to go out and stuff like that. It’s a bit more complicated. But besides that, nothing’s changed.
Josh Hutcherson:
In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, you had a new director. What’s different between Francis Lawrence and Gary Ross?
They’re very different and they have very specific directorial styles. They’re both perfect for what we needed. They both brought in very different things in order to make great movies. I think for me Francis’ style is more about discussing things openly and letting things happen freely in the scene, we would chat about it beforehand and then we let things happen as we filmed. And Gary was very involved when things were happening and he was directing. They’re both great and challenge you as an actor. They’re both tough and nice, but very different.
I believe you get along well with Jennifer Lawrence. Tell us about your relationship with her…
I don’t even know where to begin. It’s so complicated (laughs). She’s completely insane. We have such a great time together. And it’s been like this since the first moment, when we met. We’re both from Kentucky and I think that’s influenced our relationship. As soon as we knew we were both from Kentucky, that gave us the freedom to go crazy with each other. I don’t know why it was like that, but it was. At the same time, besides the craziness, we also have a very authentic friendship. If she needs to talk to me about anything or I need it, we can count on each other. It’s great.
A bit as if you were siblings?
Yes. She has two siblings, and I feel a little bit like part of the family.
Also you seem to like teasing her and did so a lot on the set of this movie…
I love scaring her and making her nervous, because the way she reacts is so funny.
And you made her believe that in one of your scenes, which you shot in a swamp, she was going to catch something in her feet…
She was freaking out. She wouldn’t stop asking me: “Am I going to catch something? How are my feet?”. I love teasing her that way. And I like doing that specifically to her, not to people in general (laughs).
Among the new cast members you have Philip Seymour Hoffman. Was it a little intimidating to work with him?
A little, yes. He has a magnificent presence on set. He’s an incredible actor, someone I’ve always admired. I love all his movies, he’s got a brilliant career. I’ve believed each and every single one of the roles he’s played. So yes, it was a little intimidated to work with him, but I only had a few scenes with him, there wasn’t that much interaction. But the moments we had together were really good.
What do you think this franchise has going for it, that it attracts the talent of people like him, or Woody Harrelson, or Donald Sutherland?
In the first place there’s the book. It’s very well written and it’s a very respected work. All the characters are so rich and interesting. And another thing that attracts people is Jennifer, with her Oscar and everything she does which are so respected. She’s a big incentive for many who just want to work with her. Who wouldn’t want to? She’s incredible. I think she’s one of the biggest reasons why we have actors of this level getting involved in this project.
Catching Fire has a lot of scenes in water, because the Hunger Games happen in an island this time.
It was quite a challenge. Especially because we filmed part of those water scenes in Hawaii, where the water was fantastic and tempered. But we also filmed part of it in Atlanta, where the water was freezing. There were mornings we were filming Cornucopia stuff, we were in the water and I think the water was at about 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit), and the ambient temperature couldn’t be any higher than 2 degrees Celsius (36 degrees Fahrenheit). There were mornings when we went to work and there was ice on the Cornucopia and we had to jump into the water. It was so cold!
But I imagine that the Hawaii part of the shoot must’ve been a lot nicer…
Hawaii is fantastic. It was my second time filming there. The first time was when we shot Journey 2: The Mysterious Island a few years ago, and it was incredible. So this time I felt I was the one member of the team who knew how this Hawaii thing worked (laughs). Actually I had no clue, but it was great to be there. It’s so relaxing. I had a beach house and, after a long day of fighting invisible creatures or whatever it was we were doing, it’s good to be able to come home and feel the sand and water under your feet, and relax. It’s a great feeling. There’s something special about Hawaii, it’s very calm. There’s a very good energy there.
Did you get to play tour guide for the rest of the team?
A little bit, yes. I also invited them to my place a lot because I found a fantastic house. Everybody wanted to live on the other side of the city but I told them: “No, no. You have to come here.” And that’s where I went and everybody agreed that we had found the perfect house. On weekends I organized barbecues or people came over to swim in the pool or the ocean. It was great.
You’ve been in this industry since you were very young. Are you starting to feel the weight of fame?
I think it’s something that comes with this profession. It’s the price you have to pay. But that doesn’t mean it’s something I like, not at all. Despite that, I’ve been lucky. I haven’t had to deal much with it. I like making movies. I think some people act because they like the notoriety and fame it brings them. But for me it would be great to be an actor and not have that fame. It’s not something I like.
I believe you wanted to be an actor since you were just a little kid…
Yes. Ever since I can remember. My parents say I was four or five years old and I would say I wanted to be on TV, but I can’t remember that. I remember wanting to act and how I hated our school plays. I always thought they were cheesy and unrealistic (laughs). I was a bit cynical when it came to school plays.
How do Hunger Games fans behave around you?
They’re amazing. From what I’ve seen, they’re really, really nice people. I don’t often use Twitter or stuff like that because, if I see too many negative criticism, it starts to hurt. It hurts my feelings. So I stay away. I know there’s good things and bad things, but with me they’ve always been really nice. In all our events they’ve shown so much passion, they scream a lot and show us their support for the movie.
Read more from the article and the interview with Francis Lawrence at Mockingjay.net
Image by Murray Close Jennifer Lawrence and Sam Claflin talk about training, filming Catching Fire in Hawaii, and dealing with fame and paparazzi in a hilarious, extended, online-only interview with Teen Vogue.
Jennifer, what did it feel like to revisit your character for the second time?
Jennifer Lawrence: It was kind of weird to go back because I had this idea when I first signed on to the franchise that it would get boring playing the same character. I've never done that—I've always played a brand new character. Katniss is the same character but in completely new circumstances. She's changed.
Was it important for you to set a certain tone on set as the leading lady?
JL: Yeah, I needed everyone to know I was in charge. (Laughs) I just wanted everyone to be comfortable. When there are new people, it can get awkward, but everyone was so great—including you, Sam.
Sam Claflin: I first bumped into you at stunt training. Your archery put me to shame. I was quite intimidated.
JL: By the sight of my face.
SC: Yea. It really put me off. (Laughs) No, obviously you are a good role model.
How will your characters interact with each other in the movie? You have a ... complicated relationship.
JL: Finnick is the most seductive man in the Capitol. At first Katniss is very put off by him, but the more she learns about him, the more she starts to understand and respect him. They become weird friends.
SC: He has charm and charisma going for him, but deep down he has insecurities, which overshadow his "external beauty."
Sam, Finnick has a very physical role. How did you train?
SC: I had quite the journey. If you read the description of Finnick in the book, then pin my face next to that, there's quite a long way to go.
JL: He was drastically overweight.
SC: I was definitely not in shape. There was a lot of training involved. Months and months of eating the same meals every day. Omelet in the morning, protein shake in the afternoon. The same routine of gym and stunt training. I'm happy with the end result. I did the best I could.
JL: You can't diet on these movies. It's impossible.
SC: It's pretty tough.
You shot most of the movie in Atlanta but the arena scenes took place in Oahu. How was Hawaii? JL: Oh, it was like a different movie. Try being stressed in Hawaii, I dare you.
SC: There's something about Hawaii where you step off the plane and you feel really chill. Spiritually, it was like a different film. The crew and cast were downsized and it felt more like a small family unit.
JL: We went swimming in between takes. We would go paddle boarding at lunch. It was amazing. But the scenes got a lot more intense. Things get terrifying.
There was a lot of paparazzi following you guys on this journey. Did that make it hard while you were filming intense scenes?
SC: They weren't around when we were doing scenes so much. It was worse during our downtime.
JL: I mean, paparazzi suck all the time. When you're working, it's distracting and when you're not working, it's annoying. I don't feel like anyone is entitled to know what we're doing on our weekends and for some reason, the world thinks they are. That's just how I feel.
SC: I was lucky. I didn't have to deal with it as much as her and Josh—partly because no one knows who I am. I'm lucky.
Jennifer, have you given Sam any advice?
JL: I told him that everything's going to change really fast. I haven't really stopped working, which has been exhausting, but also a blessing because I don't have time to think about it.
SC: I've had a very busy year thus far and when this film comes out, we'll be in the middle of shooting the next one! It's going to be another busy year.
We first saw the LQ versions of these gorgeous snaps of Jennifer Lawrence for Dior Mag #3 what seems like MONTHS ago, and we finally have our hands on the HQ versions, thanks to FashionGoneRogue. The actual magazine has, so far, been impossible for us to find.
