Jennifer Lawrence is unlikely to return to The Hunger Games.
The 33-year-old star played Katniss Everdeen in the first four films of the dystopian sci-fi film franchise, but producer Nina Jacobson says her return is dependent on author Suzanne Collins writing a new novel starring her alter ego.
Jacobson told Yahoo Entertainment: ‘If Suzanne has something to say, she writes a book about it.
“Honestly, as much as I love Katniss, I think her story is complete. And I think Suzanne feels like her story is complete.”
She added, “But if that changes, and Suzanne has something she wants to say, and it involves Katniss, then I would be very happy.
No more: Jennifer Lawrence is unlikely to return to The Hunger Games. The 33-year-old star played Katniss Everdeen in the first four films of the dystopian sci-fi film franchise, but producer Nina Jacobson says her return is dependent on author Suzanne Collins writing a new novel starring her alter ego.
Buzz-kill: Jacobson told Yahoo Entertainment, “If Suzanne has something to say, she’ll write a book about it. “Honestly, as much as I love Katniss, I think her story is complete. And I think Suzanne feels like her story is complete’; seen in October
“But really, any opportunity to be back in this world and lead Francis (Lawrence) and Suzanne, I would take it, no matter who it was.”
The franchise returns to the big screen later this month with the prequel film ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ and Jennifer expressed hope earlier this year that she could return.
Asked about the prospect by Variety, the No Hard Feelings star said: “Oh, my God – totally! If Katniss could ever come back into my life, 100 percent.
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Rachel Zegler stars as Lucy Gray Baird in the prequel, and director Francis Lawrence explained that she is the “anti-Katniss.”
The filmmaker told Empire magazine: “Katniss was an introvert and a survivor. She was quite quiet and stoic, you could almost say she was asexual. Lucy Gray is the opposite. She carries her sexuality with her, (and) she is truly a performer.”
Bye! She added: “But if that changes, and Suzanne has something she wants to say, and it involves Katniss, then I would be very happy.”
Collins at the film premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, Los Angeles, in 2014