Strong and fierce Katniss Everdeen, the heroine of the "Hunger Games" trilogy, is Jennifer Lawrence's actual inspiration in real life!
A day before the world premiere of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" film, Jennifer Lawrence revealed that her character, Katniss Everdeen, inspired her to call out the gender pay gap in Hollywood through a powerful essay she recently wrote on Lena Dunham's blog, LennyLetter.com.
"I don't see how I couldn't be inspired by this character, I mean I was so inspired by her when I read the books, it's the reason I wanted to play her," Jennifer Lawrence said of her character in the "Hunger Games," Katniss Everdeen.
"So I think it would be impossible to go four years with this character and not be inspired by her."
In the earlier books, Katniss Everdeen was a reluctant hero of the revolution out to overthrow a tyrannical government led by President Cornelius Snow, played by Donald Sutherland in the movies.
This, in J-Law's opinion, is the hardest part of playing the franchise's heroine.
"I wanted her to be a warrior right away, I wanted her to want to be a leader," Lawrence said. "I had to keep my own personal emotions about her situation out of my performance."
Jennifer Lawrence's essay entitled "Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars" discussed the time she discovered she was being paid less than her male counterpart, Bradley Cooper, in "American Hustle."
"I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early," the Oscar-winning actress wrote. "I didn't want to keep fighting over millions of dollars that frankly, due to two franchises, I don't need,"
"All I hear and see all day are men speaking their opinions," she added. "And I give mine in the same exact manner, and you would have thought I had said something offensive.
"I'm over trying to find the "adorable" way to state my opinion and still be likable! Fuck that," Lawrence wrote.
The quickly became viral and earned the applause of other Hollywood celebrities like Emma Watson, Elizabeth Banks, Mark Ruffalo and Bradley Cooper himself.
