Jennifer Lawrence reveals why Elizabeth Banks got 'really annoyed' with her on 'Hunger Games' set

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Jennifer Lawrence reveals why Elizabeth Banks got 'really annoyed' with her on 'Hunger Games' set
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The stars, who played Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the original four-film 'Hunger Games' franchise, will reprise their roles in 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' according to multiple outlets.

“I once took an Ambien in the morning, thinking it was something else,” Lawrence, 35, told Leonardo DiCaprio, 51, during the latest episode of Variety’s“It was a dance scene with Philip Seymour Hoffman on the second ‘Hunger Games’ movie,” she explained.

“I was hallucinating. Elizabeth Banks got really annoyed with me. Maybe she didn’t know that I was on an Ambien.”Rob Reiner and Penny Marshall's daughter, actress Tracy Reiner, 'in shock' over dad's tragic deathLawrence and Banks worked together in all four of the hit dystopian adventure movies, beginning with “The Hunger Games” in 2012 and ending with “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” in 2015. The “American Hustle” star portrayed Katniss Everdeen alongside Banks’ Effie Trinket, and the cast was rounded out withBanks, Liam Hemsworth and Lawrence at the premiere of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” in New York City on Nov. 19, 2013.Elsewhere during her chat with the “One Battle After Another” star, Lawrence revealed that she once took a stimulant when she actually meant to take a sleeping pill.Hemsworth, Lawrence, Donald Sutherland, Hutcherson, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Stanley Tucci at the premiere of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 18, 2013.“When I did ‘Red Sparrow,’ I took an Adderall instead of a sleeping pill, and then I didn’t sleep all night,” she told DiCaprio of the 2018 spy thriller. “I was taking hot showers in a panic.” “I am not somebody who can function without sleep,” she added. “And then I had to say the phrase ‘Senate Armed Services Committee’ in a Russian accent. That sucked.”CBS via Getty Images The “Departed” actor also opened up about the rumors that he didn’t star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Boogie Nights” because he was busy shooting “Titanic” at the time.“We almost did ‘Boogie Nights’ together, and then I got to watch his entire career progress over the last 25 years and see this incredible visionary,” he said of the“It was a hybrid of that. ‘Titanic’ and ‘Boogie Nights’ kind of overlapped in production,” DiCaprio added after Lawrence asked if he “passed” on the 1997 comedy-drama. “Maybe it could have worked out.”Paul Thomas Anderson and DiCaprio during a special screening of “One Battle After Another” in London, England, on Nov. 19, 2025.“I’ll say it even though you’re here: My biggest regret is not doing ‘Boogie Nights,’” he told the “Inherent Vice” filmmaker. “It was a profound movie of my generation,” DiCaprio added. “I can’t imagine anyone but Mark in it.” Nick Reiner wears only vacant stare, suicide smock and shackles as he makes first court appearance for murder of parents Disgraced ex-University of Michigan coach Sherrone Moore had ‘long history’ of abusing mistress, her lawyer alleges‘RHOA’ alum NeNe Leakes ‘in talks’ to make Bravo return after bombshell lawsuit An Emotional James Woods Tears Up On Jesse Watters While Defending “Great Patriot” Rob Reiner Against “Infuriating And Distasteful” RemarksBanks, Liam Hemsworth and Lawrence at the premiere of"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" in New York City on Nov. 19, 2013.Hemsworth, Lawrence, Donald Sutherland, Hutcherson, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Stanley Tucci at the premiere of"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 18, 2013.Paul Thomas Anderson and DiCaprio during a special screening of"One Battle After Another" in London, England, on Nov. 19, 2025. Nick Reiner wears only vacant stare, suicide smock and shackles as he makes first court appearance for murder of parents

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