Things You Never Knew About 'Hunger Games' (Including the Scene Jennifer Lawrence 'Hated' & More)

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The Hunger Games movies remain some of the most bingeable of all time, and fans love them all these years later.

However, even the most dedicated fans probably don’t know about everything that happened behind the scenes. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, the franchise tells its story across four movies.

The original run was so successful that it spawned a spinoff movie The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which premiered in 2023.

Another newly announced spinoff, called Sunrise on the Reaping, was recently announced. It will arrive in theaters in 2026. We did some digging and rustled up facts from the franchise – including details about Jennifer‘s pay and the scene she hated to film, on-set injuries, roles that almost went to other actors and the moment that resulted in damage to a sacred site – that you probably weren’t aware of.