Jennifer Lawrence has by no means pretended to be good, however her newest confession about by chance taking Ambien on the Starvation Video games set reminds Us simply how actual she is.
“I additionally as soon as took an Ambien within the morning, pondering it was one thing else,” Lawrence, 35, informed Leonardo DiCaprio in the course of the Wednesday, December 17, episode of Selection and CNN’s Actors on Actors.
She recalled, “It was a dance scene with [the late] Philip Seymour Hoffman on the second Starvation Video games film. I used to be hallucinating.” (Lawrence first performed Katniss Everdeen in 2012’s Starvation Video games, based mostly on the Suzanne Collins novel of the identical title.)
Lawrence remembered having to say strains throughout 2013’s Starvation Video games: Catching Fireplace and having no “memorizational” abilities whereas on the drug.
“Elizabeth Banks received actually aggravated with me as a result of perhaps she didn’t know I used to be on an Ambien,” Lawrence revealed. “However, I saved asking the director, ‘And wait, what does this imply? Wait, and what does this imply? What does that imply?’ She simply threw her sides and was like, ‘Positive, let’s simply preserve speaking about it.’”
Lawrence and DiCaprio, who have been costars in 2021’s Don’t Look Up, each set free fun over the humorous incident — and it wasn’t the one time Lawrence had a drug mixup that impacted her profession.
“You and I are each obsessive about sleep once we’re working, like, counting the hours,” Lawrence informed DiCaprio, 51, whereas recalling a separate film mishap. “After I was doing Purple Sparrow, I took an Adderall as a substitute of a sleeping capsule, after which I didn’t sleep all night time.”

She recalled “taking scorching showers” and “panicking” in regards to the mistake. “I’m not someone who can operate with out sleep,” she stated. “After which I needed to say [the phrase] ‘Senate Armed Providers Committee’ in a Russian accent. That sucked.”
DiCaprio joked that Lawrence’s revelations have been “key screwups” in her profession.
Regardless of hallucinating on the second Starvation Video games, Lawrence continued to play heroic and fierce chief Katniss in two extra movies: Starvation Video games: Mockingjay — Half 1 and Half 2, which hit theaters in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
The Oscar winner revealed in June 2023 that she was open to reprising the function when the correct mission got here alongside.
“Oh, my God – completely! If Katniss ever might ever come again into my life, 100%,” Lawrence informed Selection of probably taking part in the character that made her well-known once more.
Two years later, Lawrence’s desires of a Katniss comeback have been confirmed.
A number of retailers reported on December 10 that Lawrence and her Starvation Video games counterpart Josh Hutcherson, who performed Peeta Mellark within the franchise, can be again for the upcoming movie Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping. (Us Weekly beforehand reached out to Lionsgate, Lawrence and Hutcherson for remark.)
Whereas no extra particulars about Lawrence and Hutcherson’s roles have been launched, Dawn on The Reaping is about to be a flash ahead epilogue based mostly on Collins’ second prequel novel.
The ebook was launched in March and is an origin story about Woody Harrelson’s character, Haymitch. It dives into how Haymitch was topped the winner of the second Quarter Quell, focusing totally on his life earlier than he mentored Katniss and Peeta. Nonetheless, the pair make an look on the finish of the ebook. The youthful Haymitch will likely be portrayed by Joseph Zada.

