As the debut of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" approaches, the franchise's filmmakers reflected on how the stars aligned for the series once it cast Jennifer Lawrence as leading lady Katniss Everdeen.
More than 50 actresses were vying for the coveted role when auditions began in March 2011, according to a new story in Variety. But for producer Nina Jacobson, as soon as Lawrence read the scene where Katniss says goodbye to her sister Primrose before heading off to the Games, she knew they'd found their star.
"I teared up," Jacobson told the trade. "We had a lot of wonderful actresses at the audition, but it was game over at that point."
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