{"id":816987,"date":"2026-10-28T23:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T23:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816987\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T23:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T23:26:10","slug":"jennifer-lawrence-confirms-hunger-games-return-skips-london-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816987\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lawrence confirms ‘Hunger Games’ return, skips London premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Lawrence skipped out on the London premiere of \u201cSunrise on the Reaping\u201d<\/a> on Wednesday, but confirmed her \u201cemotional\u201d return to the \u201cHunger Games\u201d franchise in an interview the same day. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was unbelievable,\u201d Lawrence said of her return during Wednesday\u2019s episode of the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast<\/a>, noting that it was \u201ccrazy because it was the same crew\u201d \u2014 including \u201ccamera guys\u201d \u2014 also returning.<\/p>\n

The Oscar winner gushed that the reunion with cast members \u2014 including Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson, whom she starred opposite in 2015\u2019s \u201cMockingjay Part 2\u201d \u2014 was \u201cso emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJosh and I didn\u2019t walk to the bathroom without our arms around each other,\u201d she divulged of their on-set dynamic, 11 years after the last film in the lineup. \u201cIt was so beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jennifer Lawrence gushed over her return to the \u201cHunger Games\u201d franchise with Josh Hutcherson. They\u2019re seen above in \u201cCatching Fire.\u201d \u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Lawrence, pictured above in \u201cMockingjay Part 1,\u201d said it was \u201cunbelievable\u201d during an appearance on \u201cCall her Daddy.\u201d \u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Lawrence, now 36, starred in the 2012 original installment as Katniss Everdeen opposite Hutcherson\u2019s Peeta Mellark. <\/p>\n

They reprised their roles in 2013\u2019s \u201cCatching Fire,\u201d as well as both installments of \u201cMockingjay\u201d in 2014 and 2015. <\/p>\n

Lawrence quipped of Harrelson \u2014 who plays Haymitch Abernathy \u2014 \u201cWoody obviously came through the window of my hotel room uninvited, \u2019cause it wouldn\u2019t be the same if he listened to boundaries and used a door.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments came within hours of the \u201cSunrise on the Reaping\u201d premiere in London, where Glenn Close \u2014 who plays Drusilla Sickle \u2014 arrived for the event in a regal green silk dress.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so beautiful,\u201d the Oscar winner, seen here with Hutcherson in 2012, gushed. \u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\u201cWoody obviously came through the window of my hotel room uninvited,\u201d she joked of co-star Woody Harrelson, with whom she\u2019s seen in \u201cHunger Games\u201d in 2012. \u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been 11 years since the last installment in the franchise. Lawrence is pictured above in \u201cMockingjay Part 2.\u201d \u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

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McKenna Grace, who plays twins Maysilee and Merrilee Donner, modeled what appeared to be a Van Gogh-inspired gown, while Elle Fanning, who plays Effie Trinket, wore a dramatic sculptural pink dress with a tulle skirt and matching headpiece.<\/p>\n

Kieran Culkin, Jesse Plemons, Kelly Rutherford, Josep Zada and Ralph Fiennes also attended the lavish red carpet soir\u00e9e in celebration of the latest adaption of Suzanne Collins\u2019 wildly popular dystopian novels.<\/p>\n

\u201cSunrise on the Reaping\u201d is set in Panem, 24 years before the events of \u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d unfold, and revolves around Harrelson\u2019s Abernathy.<\/p>\n

Lawrence was not at the London premiere of \u201cSunrise on the Reaping,\u201d starring Whitney Peak and Joseph Zada, as seen above. \u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Elle Fanning was seen at the premiere, as seen above. Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Glenn Close was also photographed on the red carpet. AP Photo\/Scott A Garfitt<\/p>\n

Though Lawrence didn\u2019t confirm her participation in the film until now, she hinted her enthusiasm at the idea in a 2023 interview.<\/p>\n

When asked by Variety<\/a> at the time if she was open to the idea of reprising her iconic role as Katniss<\/a>, she exclaimed, \u201cOh, my God \u2013 totally!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cIf Katniss ever could ever come back into my life, 100 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lawrence skipped out on the London premiere of \u201cSunrise on the Reaping\u201d on Wednesday, but confirmed her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,15666,2755,96,268150,56429,388,2839,4689,12046,174728,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-816987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-hunger-games","tag-jennifer-lawrence","tag-london","tag-movies","tag-podcasts","tag-premieres","tag-reunions","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}