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Jennifer Lawrence and Woody Harrelson at Los Angeles Premiere of 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' in 2015 Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Lionsgate Being back on set as Katniss Everdeen for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping hit Jennifer Lawrence with a wave of nostalgia. For the first time in over a decade, Lawrence fell back into step alongside Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson, the actress detailed during a recent appearance on the podcast Call Her Daddy.
“It was so crazy. It was the same crew. It was the same AD, who I’ve worked with a million times because I love him,” Lawrence said. “And with Josh and Woody … it was so emotional. Josh and I didn’t walk to the bathroom without our arms around each other. It was so beautiful.”
Last year, it was widely reported that Lawrence would reprise her role for Sunrise on the Reaping, the sixth film in the Hunger Games franchise, set for release on Nov. 20, with Hutcherson also returning as Peeta Mellark. What wasn’t noted at the time, however, was Harrelson’s participation in the film, which centers on the origin story of his character, Haymitch Abernathy.
“And Woody, obviously, came through the window of my hotel room uninvited,” Lawrence said. “It wouldn’t be the same if he listened to boundaries or used a door.”
Harrelson’s voice appeared in an early teaser for Sunrise on the Reaping, in which the official film logo was revealed. “I think these games are going to be different,” he said in the preview. Fans speculated the actor might return as a narrator in the film. The 21-year-old actor Joseph Zada leads Sunrise on the Reaping as Abernathy alongisde Mckenna Grace, who plays Maysilee Donner.
