"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" star Jennifer Lawrence is everyone's favorite girl-next-door actress, and has captured the attention of other Hollywood starlets, including "Divergent" lead Shailene Woodley.
Woodley told Vanity Fair she was extremely anxious to play Tris Prior in Veronica Roth's best-selling novel film adaptation, as she steps out of her role as Amy Jurgens from ABC Family series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."
"I was nervous because I had just gotten out of a five-year series, which was a six-year contract," Woodley told the magazine. "I sort of learned my lesson about signing into things for a long period of time...The thought of signing a four-year contract was very daunting, and doing a huge franchise movie that has the potential to be very successful was frightening to me. I never wanted that amount of attention, and the thought of losing my anonymity was not something that I was looking forward to."
Woodley talked to many industry peers about taking on the role of the "Divergent," including "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence.
"I have still yet to meet Jennifer in the flesh, but I had a slight interaction with her where I asked her about Hunger Games and what it was like, and her life and how much it has changed. It was nice asking someone who has been through the process and is kind of seasoned in the young-adult franchise," Woodley told Vanity Fair. "She gave me really beautiful advice and said that I should definitely take it."
Woodley shared Lawrence's words of wisdom, a Hollywood actress she admires and has much respect for:
"It will be the best thing that ever happened. But don't be an idiot, do a sex tape, [or] do drugs. And go to Whole Foods when your movie opens."
"In addition to her advice, I kind of came to the conclusion that there is a lot of beauty that can come of something like this, and if it's successful, there are a lot of great things that you can do with that kind of attention."
"Divergent" is scheduled for release on March 21, 2014.
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" will be released to theaters this year on Nov. 22.
