Josh Hutcherson: Jennifer Lawrence is a good target for jokes

Josh Hutcherson claims Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar win made her an easy target for jokes on the set of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

The cast and crew started filming the action sequel the day after J-Law scooped her best actress gong for Silver Linings Playbook.

But Hutcherson, 21, revealed it didn’t give her immunity from jokes.

‘Whenever Jennifer forgot a line, Woody [Harrelson, who plays Haymitch Abernathy] would say “You’d better give that Oscar back!” She became a bigger target than before. She was already a good sized target during the first film,’ the American actor laughed.

Co-star Jeffrey Wright, 47, saw Lawrence’s Oscar win as a perfect opportunity to play a practical joke on the young actress.

‘When she won the Oscar I gave her a gift – a Tiffany box filled with about 200 crickets!’ he recalled.

‘What I didn’t calculate is that when you try to cram 200 crickets into a Tiffany box, many of them spill out and escape under your bed or behind your dresser. I couldn’t sleep for about two weeks as I had crickets everywhere.

‘She had revenge by default,’ he added, with a laugh.

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Tuesday 12 November 2013]