The 'Hunger Games actress confesses that after the premiere of the saga, she felt like a product of the Hollywood industry.
10 years have passed since the premiere of the first installment of The Hunger Games. A saga of four dystopian films headed by actress Jennifer Lawrence (32 years old) that earned her success within the reach of very few and that broke records in box office receipts. Not only did it represent a boom for the production of new fantastic stories aimed at a teenage audience, it was also a leap in the film career of the performer, who at that time was in her twenties. As she became a teen star, Lawrence was also involved in smaller projects. One of them, The Bright Side of Things, a film also released in 2012, made her the second youngest actress to receive an Oscar award. A decade later, and although from the outside the actress seemed to be living the Hollywood dream, Lawrence has acknowledged how she felt in the following years.
Immersed in the promotion of Causeway, her latest film that will be released in the coming weeks, she opened up during the presentation at the London Film Festival about why she prefers to leave those years behind. The actress, who won her first and only Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category in 2013, has confessed that she “lost a sense of control” early in her career due to her meteoric rise to fame. “Between the premiere of The Hunger Games and the Oscar, I became such a great product that I felt that every step I took was the result of a great, great group decision,” the actress said honestly, as reported by the American magazine Variety.
Winning an Oscar at the age of 22 meant a big change in her life: “I always thought, when will it come to me? "I don't think I ever will..." and added, "When I reflect now, I just can't think about the years that followed, [I just remember that there was] a loss of control," which he admitted he didn't regain until he took a break from his job. career and being able to see that promotion with perspective.
The break came in 2019 when Lawrence married art dealer Cooke Maroney and decided to temporarily step away from the world of film. In February 2022, three years after their wedding, the couple welcomed their first child: Cy. Jennifer Lawrence, who had already worked with directors such as Darren Aronofsky in Mother! or David O. Russell in American Hustle, she decided to return to acting on the small screen, with the film Don't Look Up, co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio, released on Netflix content platform.
Her professional and personal life now seems to be under control: less than a month ago, the actress opened up in an interview in Vogue about how her life had completely changed after motherhood: “The morning after giving birth, I felt like everything my life had started again. Something like 'now is the first day of my life'. I was in love, ”she assured.
