22. Whereas he was initially connected to direct the sequel, Gary Ross exited the franchise in April 2012, citing the compact schedule as a deciding issue.
“As a author and a director, I merely haven’t got the time I would like to jot down and prep the film I’d have needed to make due to the mounted and tight manufacturing schedule,” he mentioned in an announcement. Francis Lawrence can be employed to direct the remainder of the movies.
23. Lawrence’s actual nephews had small however pivotal roles within the closing movie’s epilogue.
“They performed my youngsters within the scene that we shot so it was an incredible closure to this character that I’ve cherished for thus a few years to have my household there, my blood household, I obtained to say goodbye to each,” the star advised Vanity Fair.
24. Lawrence earned a spot on the Billboard Sizzling 100 together with her efficiency of “The Hanging Tree” in Mockingjay—Half 1.
25. Taylor Swift co-wrote two songs, “Protected & Sound” and “Eyes Open,” for the movies, and the celebrity advised Rolling Stone, “It is fairly intense writing about my very own life, my very own struggles. It was virtually like a trip to get to jot down from another person’s perspective.”