- Jennifer Lawrence said her rise to fame through "The Hunger Games" made her feel like a "commodity."
- Between 2012 and 2015, she played Katniss Everdeen, the lead role in the franchise.
Jennifer Lawrence said that the success she gained from starring in "The Hunger Games," along with her 2013 Oscar win, made her feel like a "commodity" in Hollywood.
Lawrence, 32, played the lead role in the dystopian film franchise from 2012 to 2015, which sky-rocketed her level of fame to global heights. Within that time period, she also starred in "Silver Linings Playbook" alongside Bradley Cooper, which saw her win her first Oscar at the 2013 Academy Awards.
But success came at a price, Lawrence said during an appearance at the 2022 London Film Festival, which runs from October 5 to October 16.
"I think I lost a sense of control. Between 'The Hunger Games' coming out and winning the Oscar [for 2012's 'Silver Lining Playbook'], I became such a commodity," she told British presenter Francine Stock at the festival, according to Variety. "I felt like every decision was a big, big group decision. When I reflect now, I can't think of those following years, [because there was] just a loss of control."
It's not the first time that Lawrence has opened up about how she felt following her early years of success.
In her 2021 Vanity Fair December cover interview, she said that after a string of box office disappointments, she knew she was not "pumping out the quality" she should have.
"I just think everybody had gotten sick of me. I'd gotten sick of me. It had just gotten to a point where I couldn't do anything right. If I walked a red carpet, it was, 'Why didn't she run?'… I think that I was people-pleasing for the majority of my life," she said.
"And then I felt like I reached a point where people were not pleased just by my existence. So that kind of shook me out of thinking that work or your career can bring any kind of peace to your soul."
Lawrence consequently made the decision to step back from the spotlight. The years since have seen her tie the knot with art dealer Cooke Maroney and welcome the birth of their child in February.
Her last movie was the 2021 Netflix film "Don't Look Up," which she starred in alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. However, she is set to return to the screen in November in "Causeway," an A24 production, according to IMDB.