9 Untold Secrets of the High Stakes 'Hunger Games'
From budgets and salaries, to the accident that sent star Jennifer Lawrence to the hospital, the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter features director Gary Ross and never-revealed details about the fast-approaching pop culture phenomenon, in theaters March 23.
One of the untold secrets is
1. JENNIFER LAWRENCE TOOK THREE DAYS TO SAY YES TO THE ROLE OF KATNISS
[…] Lawrence hesitated, aware this could take her from being respected by her peers to the center of a pop-culture tornado - precisely the fate that had befallen Stewart with Twilight. “It was the middle of the night in England, and I was in bed when I got the call,” she remembers. “And I was so in love with the books and the script, and suddenly it was right in my face - and the size of the decision was terrifying.”
Her mom helped in the decision. "I called my mom and she called me a hypocrite, because when I was doing indie movies and everyone was asking why I didn’t do studio movies, I said, 'The size of the movie doesn’t matter.' And she said, 'Here’s a movie you love and you were thinking of turning it down because of its size.' I thought, 'I don’t want to miss out because I’m scared. Me being scared, I never want that to stop me fromdoing something.' But I knew in my heart that I wanted it - it was about working out all the fears."
The others talks about
2. SO HOW MUCH IS LAWRENCE GETTING PAID?
3. DIRECTOR GARY ROSS AND PRODUCER NINA JACOBSEN HAD STEEP COMPETITION
4. HOW MUCH THE MOVIE COST
5. THE LEAD TRIO IS CONTRACTED FOR ENTIRE FRANCHISE
6. LAWRENCE'S ACCIDENT ALMOST HALTED FILMING OF 'HUNGER GAMES'
7. THE 'HUNGER GAMES' SET HAD 100-DEGREE HEAT AND BEARS
8. THE 'HUNGER GAMES' CAST HAVE NOT SEEN THE FILM YET
9. LIAM HEMSWORTH'S BROTHER TOLD HIM TO LOSE WEIGHT
Source and complete note: Hollywood reporter