Ever in her favour

Jennifer Lawrence says so long to Katniss

Jennifer Lawrence takes stock as The Hunger Games film finale signals an end, and the inventory is impressive.

The 25-year-old has become rich and famous thanks to the young adult sci-fi series which kicked off in 2012.

In between filming the four franchise flicks, she earned an Academy Award (Silver Linings Playbook) plus another Oscar nod (American Hustle) to go with her previous nomination for 2010’s Winter’s bone.

Through it all, the Kentuckian continues to keep her down home sense of humour about the negative side of everybody knowing her off-camera business. during those tough times, it helped to have her buddies Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth by her side.

“We’ve all helped each other get a handle on everything,” says Lawrence promoting The Hunger Games: mockingjay — Part 2. “Going off and not doing movies with them was like losing training wheels.” The “everything” in question includes attention from the massive Hunger Games fan base; world-wide the Suzanne Collins trilogy sold more than a million copies while the four films are expected to pull in over $3 billion u.S. at the box-office.

In the conclusion, Lawrence’s Katniss leads a squad of rebels to eliminate the manipulative Panem President Snow (donald Sutherland). She is joined by the loyal Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), still suffering from brainwashing side effects.

even in potential victory, a determined Katniss may lose more than she believed possible yet Lawrence’s Katniss counts as the emotional centre of the narrative.

“She’s sort of our eyes into this world and we’re following her,” says director Francis Lawrence of the actress. “She’s the anchor in every sequence and every scene.”

The pivotal nature of Katniss’s empowerment is not lost on Lawrence, either. “Audiences are growing up with this character,” she says. “I hope everybody is going to take away something different from each film as they get older.”

Still, saying goodbye to Katniss is an emotional work in progress that hasn’t quite hit her for full force. So far, Lawrence admits that she’s been distracted by the global publicity tour for the film.

“I don’t really feel like I’ve said goodbye to her,” says the actress. “I think it will be pretty bizarre when the movie’s finally out and finished, and every thing’s officially done..”

With that came the glare from the fame spotlight but she adjusts as best she can.

“your entire world changes,” Lawrence says. “I have a new normal now, so I feel very stable and normal and happy. It took a few years to get used to being looked at differently because it’s a very alienating feeling — you don’t feel different but everyone reacts to you differently.”

She does have professional distractions to assist with the transition. She reunited with director david O. russell for the comedy-drama Joy which will hit theatres next month.

She returns as mystique in X-men: Apocalypse set for theatres in may and she stars opposite Chris Pratt in the scifi epic Passengers already positioned for a high-profile 2016 release at Christmas.