The Hunger Games director Gary Ross tells EW he predicts actress Jennifer Lawrence could earn her second Oscar nomination next year, for her role in the upcoming movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel.
"The range in this performance, the emotional terrain that she investigates, the demands of what this role are," Ross tells EW. "It’s such an intensely physical role and an emotional one. She carries the entire movie. To be able to do that at that age is so kind of incredible that I was in a little bit of awe. Do I think she should be nominated? Absolutely."
Ross also talked a bit about the pending sequel, Catching Fire -- which he's attached to direct, but hasn't officially been announced.
"I love the title Catching Fire because from the moment Katniss was willing to eat the berries, the moment she was willing to give her life for something larger than herself, she set off a chain reaction that was at once bigger than her and also because of her," Ross told EW. "That’s a very exciting movie to make because you’re seeing the emergence of a leader. It’s the birth of a revolution so it has context that’s larger than just the Games themselves."
Lawrence herself is also eager to see Ross on board for the second movie. "Everything that I love about the movie, and everything that got me to say yes to this movie, was Gary," she told EW. "I still don’t know for sure. Is he definitely doing [Catching Fire]?"
Lawrence also revealed this little tid-bit about the sequel: "I think we might shoot in Hawaii."
What are you most excited to see in a movie version of Catching Fire?
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