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Corey Chichizola

'I Was Hallucinating:' That Time Jennifer Lawrence Accidentally Took An Ambien While Filming A Hunger Games Movie

Katniss dancing with Plutarch in Catching Fire.

Some of the best Jennifer Lawrence movies earned her Oscar buzz, but she's perhaps best known for starring in the book to screen adaptation of The Hunger Games. She played Katniss Everdeen for four movies, helping her become a household name in the process. She had some learning experiences along the way, including when she accidentally took an ambien before filming a scene with late actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Catching Fire. She recently explained the story behind that snafu, which included her "hallucinating" while shooting one particular sequence in the sequel.

When ranking the Hunger Games movies, usually Catching Fire is high up thanks to the way it expanded the world of Panem. In a conversation with Leonardo DiCaprio for Variety and CNN's Actors on Actors series, Lawrence spoke about one particularly challenging day filming after making a mistake with her medication. As she told Leo:

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