During an appearance on Bill Simmons's podcast "The Rewatchables" in June 2023, Lawrence confirmed that she auditioned for "Twilight." She said that she was turned down "immediately," laughing, "I didn't even get a callback. But my life would've been totally different. I got 'Hunger Games' I think, like, a year later." The first film in the Twilight franchise was released in 2008, with Kristen Stewart in the lead role of Bella. Lawrence began starring as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games movies in 2012.
"I almost didn't do 'Hunger Games' because 'Twilight' had come out and that fandom had happened," Lawrence also said on the podcast. She added, "I assumed it was going to be the 'Twilight' level of fame and that was never something I had in mind. I never wanted to be the most famous person on the planet. That's a very different life than I pictured for me."
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