Jennifer Lawrence is bidding farewell to "The Hunger Games" the wildly popular fantasy franchise that made her a megastar and rare Hollywood action heroine.
Lawrence is back as bow-and-arrow badass Katniss Everdeen leading her rebels deeper into the fight against injustice in their dystopian world in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2", opening around the globe November 18-20.
But the movie marks the final chapter in the hugely successful saga that saw Lawrence -- at 25 already an Oscar winner and the world's highest-paid actress -- catapulted to fame.
"I think it will be pretty bizarre when the movie is finally out and... everything is officially done," Lawrence told reporters in Los Angeles Saturday during a press preview.
"This movie has been my life for so many years."
The series, adapted from the teen novels of Suzanne Collins, tells the story of Everdeen's battle to survive in a reality TV-style life-and-death game in a post-apocalyptic future state.
In last year's "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" she not only battled for her life, but became the symbol of a revolution.
In the finale, she tries to lead the rebellion against the totalitarian government of District 13.
"I didn't really feel that I said goodbye to her," Lawrence noted of Everdeen.
In the final installment, Everdeen must cope with the emotional instability of her love-lorn admirer Peeta, played by Josh Hutcherson, while still enjoying the support of the other man in her life, best friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth).
'Entire world changes'
Lawrence said it took her a while to adapt to her new life in the spotlight amid the massive "Hunger Games" success -- and the pressure that accompanied it.
"There were a few years of getting used to it, your entire world changes," she said.
Fans the world over have embraced "The Hunger Games" since the first film came out in 2012, with the franchise passing the billion dollar mark at the box office.
"I have a new normal now, I feel very stable and normal and happy," Lawrence said. "But the pressure... you just can't think about it."
The blockbusters have gone down in history for having a female heroine leading the fight.
But "it's probably too soon to be able to look back and reflect" on the impact the films have had on the public, Lawrence said.
As for herself? "I hope I've grown up," added the star, who won an Oscar for her role in the 2012 comedy "Silver Linings Playbook".
- 'Working woman' -
Lawrence also addressed a recent blunt essay for an online feminist newsletter in which she blasted pay inequality between the sexes.
"I would love to straighten up that I wasn't writing about not making as much as my male co-stars, as complaining about that I wasn't getting paid more because I'm a woman," she told reporters.
In her post for Lenny, a newsletter co-founded by fellow actress Lena Dunham, Lawrence said that when she found out from Sony emails leaked last year that she was paid less than her male co-stars in the hit movie "American Hustle", she didn't get mad at Sony but at herself.
She went on to admit she had failed to tackle the issue out of fear of being labelled "difficult" or "spoiled".
Lawrence, who topped Forbes magazine's 2015 list of best-paid actresses at $52 million, said Saturday that she loves what she does for a living.
"Honestly, it's a job," she said, acknowledging that "people are going to have opinions."
"I really love acting, so I really just think of myself as a working woman," she added.
AFP RELAXNEWS
Mon Nov 02 2015
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