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Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Francis Lawrence and Nina Jacobson talk about the end of the game changing franchise in the December issue of Total Film.
In the article, producer Nina Jacobson talks about the bond the three leads Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth share:
The most heartening thing is to see how close they’ve become with each other. They became a family. They became incredibly close. They grew up together in the way that other people of that age are going to college. Instead they had this experience."
Jacobson says Mockingjay Part 2 is the film "where Katniss takes control of the narrative, where she sets the agenda for the movie. I think for Jen to step into the role as the leader, as the one calling the shots for a good part of the movie, and the attendant burden of that, was something that she was very ready to play."
On recognizing Jennifer Lawrence's star power in the Katniss casting process Jacobson says:
It’s crazy to imagine that yes, there was a moment when Jen Lawrence had to audition for a role, and that’s unimaginable now – and that was not that long ago. But then she came in to audition and the audition was ridiculously moving and made the casting director cry. Nobody was ever going to get that part besides her. Star quality? Yes, of course. She felt like a movie star from the second I saw her in Winter's Bone."
On the possibility of a Hunger Games sequel or prequel, the story is over for Nina Jacobson. For now. "I don't have any idea for how to extend it and I don't have any plans right now. If Suzanne Collins called me up one day and said, 'I have an idea.' I'd be there in a second. But, I would always follow her lead and right now there are no plans. I wouldn't know how to do it myself and I wouldn't want to do it if she didn't. If it didn't come from her."
On the possibility of the inevitable Hunger Games reboot in 20 years, director Francis Lawrence laughs, "The way the business is going now it seems like they would! It's like you would be doing it in less than 20 years."
Jennifer Lawrence says, "Of course they will. I don’t think it’s surreal at all. I think it’s a totally realistic possibility. Good luck to them!"
"I want to play Haymitch, " jokes Josh Hutcherson, "You can be Effie." He turns to Hemsworth, "You can be Snow. The son we didn't know about." Hemsworth grins, running with it, "I'm really bitter towards you guys because of what happened."
"It's great." enthuses Hutcherson, "We're going to write it. Jen and Amy Schumer!" Adds Jen, nodding, "It'll be the most dramatic thing you've ever seen."