Jena Malone in Un-Titled Project. Photos by Magdalena Wosinska Jena Malone was recently featured in Un-Titled Project Magazine's Issue #6. In addition to a great article on Jena and some beautiful photos by Magdalena Wosinska, the magazine also features a very special portfolio of stolen images she collected while filming Catching Fire last winter in Atlanta and Hawaii. "We were not allowed to take photos on set, so I had to be a bit of a thief sometimes."
Jena on set as Johanna. Photo by Jena Malone
The Capitol theatre - built on a soundstage. Photo by Jena Malone
Various Capitol Wigs. Photo by Jena MaloneTL: Are you excited about The Hunger Games: Catching Fire?
JM: I’m beyond excited. I just saw it recently, and it’s such a great film! I always worry about sequels, but the director Francis Lawrence just knocked it out of the park. I was on the edge of my seat! I kept thinking, "this is such a good movie!" I’m just so proud to be a part of it, and the character I play, Johanna Mason, is so fun, with so many layers, and so many things to challenge myself with. Even if this character was in some small, low-budget film, I think I would have fought just as hard to get the part because she’s just so interesting.
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TL: Was it a grueling shoot for you?
JM: It wasn’t that grueling. All of the action stuff came easily because I had such an amazing foundation from working on Sucker Punch. I had worked for eight months with Navy Seals and martial artists for that film, so I really knew how to push my body to those extremes. Before Sucker Punch, I never went to the gym, never had any understanding of my own strength, so all the action stuff came pretty easy on Catching Fire. I was also working with the same team that did the stunts on Sucker Punch, so I felt like I was little bit of an alumni. The hardest part for me was learning how to hold her anger and her violence in my body for 16 hours a day.
TL: You recently described the character Johann Mason as being fierce, a bad-ass, and crazy. What are three adjectives you
would use to describe yourself?
JM: I guess... um... optimistic. I'm oddly optimistic! Even in the worst circumstances I’ll try to see something positive in it, which I think is a good thing. I’m also playful. I have a real tomboy streak in me, very rough and tumble. I guess I’d also describe myself as thoughtful. I like to put a lot of thought into anything that I do. Even when speaking to a stranger, I always try to have a real conversation and search for truth instead of just skimming
the surface. So what’s that... optimistic, playful and thoughtful... sounds like I’m describing a teddy bear.
