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Katniss declares her intention to take out President Snow to Johanna Mason in a short new clip from Mockingjay Part 2 "Old Friends."
"Now you're talking"
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Photo via @FreakyFl on twitter
Jena Malone made an appearance at Tampa Bay Comic con yesterday and she answered some questions about her role as Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games franchise. She spoke candidly about how difficult it was on her psyche to play the role.
It was so much fun. The thing is, is that Johanna Mason, for me, was really debilitating. It would be a really hard role for me to take on again just because the amount of extreme mental illness that she's battling. You know, she's battling so much anger and post-partum depression (we think she meant PTSD here) and a lot of really extreme things and, yes, the physicality of the role was liberating. And it was beautiful to scare and intimidate.
Has Johanna left anything with Jena Malone? Jena's answer was "Anger residue." Though the role was demanding emotionally, Malone says that she would have played Johanna "if she was only offered $15" for it. There's no part she'd rather play in The Hunger Games universe. If she had to play another character she'd choose Caesar Flickerman or Cinna.
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Jena went on to say that she hasn't seen the full cut of Mockingjay Part 2. Her favorite part of filming MJ2 was the bald cap. Jena would get "sweat bubbles" and one day one popped in the midst of a convo with Jennifer Lawrence. Who, incidentally, Jena confirms is really into snacks.
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Jena Malone as Johanna Mason by Tim Palen: Photographs From The Hunger Games
Jena's favorite aspect of The Hunger Games franchise has been getting to know the fan base. Which she showed by lovingly hugging a fan who began to cry while asking a question for a friend with cancer.
Thanks so much to @FreakyFl for the live tweet coverage and images from the panel!
Molly Thu, February 12, 2015 Jena Malone discusses the end of The Hunger Games franchise at the Berlin Film Festival saying, 'You form language, in a way, and of course I'll miss the language… It'll be sad, but it'll be nice to let it become something else.'
Molly Tue, July 22, 2014 
Capitol Couture has relaunched with issue number four, Fida Coeur, and new Capitol portraits of Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark and Jena Malone as Johanna Mason. Capitol Couture has also posted gorgeous and heartbreaking new motion posters ("Living Portraits") of both Peeta and Johanna.
Capitol Couture is proud to commemorate President Snow’s “One Panem” initiative with a brand new Special Issue of Capitol Couture focusing on collaborations in art, fashion, and design. Today we celebrate the incredible achievements coming out of the Capitol—the beating heart of Panem. Gaze upon the fervently awaited Capitol Citizen Living Portraits presented by Capitol Couture featuring your cherished victors Johanna Mason and Peeta Mellark as they stand proudly before Panem.
The site teases that the "Living Portraits" will be available for viewing this summer. Will they be displayed as "astoundingly realistic hologram displays" as Capitol Couture promises?
See it all at CapitolCouture.PN
Molly Thu, May 29, 2014 
On June 3, Jena Malone's band The Shoe will release I’m OK — its first full-length album since forming in 2008 (pre-orders are available here).
Refinery29 talked to Jena and her musical soulmate Lem Jay Ignacio at Ignacio’s garage studio in Los Angeles, where the album was recorded. Besides talking about the band and the upcoming record, they touched on The Hunger Games (of course) as Jena plays Johanna Mason in Catching Fire and the upcoming Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2. Jena let it slip that she's finished shooting her part in the films (!!!) and talked about the types of roles she's drawn to and inspiring teenagers, "I feel like they are the true revolutionaries. We should be doing everything for them."
From Refinery29:
Speaking of your other job, have you finished shooting everything for the next Hunger Games?
JM: "I just finished shooting everything two weeks ago. It’s crazy. I don’t even know if I’m allowed to say that. We are finishing in June. But, they are so secretive. It is so crazy. We will wrap and then never play these characters ever again. I’m a little sad about it."
LJ: "She was really sad. She was like, 'I’m never going to do the character again!'"
JM: "It is kind of a strange thing, I don’t know. I’m hoping that I found all of the pieces. I’ve never carried a character for two and a half to three years before."
What do you think your appeal is to broken but badass chicks?
JM: "I have played a lot of them. I might have represented a part of their heart on film, at different times in my life. When I was younger, I was really more drawn to those types of characters. I wanted some real meat in a role; I didn’t want to play the girlfriend or the daughter. I want to be challenging myself. But, the older I get, the more I want to just create things for teenagers. I want to inspire them and knock them down. I want them to skin their knees and then I want to lift them up. I feel like they are the true revolutionaries. We should be doing everything for them."
Teenagers really relate to characters like that. They connect to the underdog or the badass.
JM: "The way that they have latched on to Katniss Everdeen [and] the whole Hunger Games. Who doesn’t want to be that woman? There is no self there. It isn’t self-centered. It isn’t about her being pretty or using her sexuality. It is all about her using her strength. She sacrifices herself for love. It is amazing that 13-year-old girls are looking at that and saying, 'She is my hero.'"
As opposed to Disney princesses.
JM: "As opposed to Alicia Silverstone in Clueless in 1995. Things are now on a completely different spectrum. I think that we tapped into a collective consciousness kind of thing; young men and women who want to be treated more like adults and the way that they view films and how they are portrayed in films."
More photos after the jump!
Molly Mon, May 5, 2014 
Photos by James Orlando for BullettJena Malone covers Bullett Magazine's Volume XIII The Lost Issue. She talks about her band with Lem Jay Ignacio, The Shoe, her upcoming projects and about playing Johanna in The Hunger Games films.
From Bullett:
If Malone’s Donnie Darko experience predated today’s obsessive fan worship, the actress tossed herself directly into the vortex when she accepted the role as the plum-haired, axe-wielding Johanna Mason in a little movie called The Hungers Games: Catching Fire, which to this date has grossed $850 million worldwide. In the film, her character, a former winner of the titular games, is furious at having to unexpectedly fight in another life-or-death competition after having been promised a pampered life filled with the spoils of victory. While on a live television broadcast, she tells the interviewer that yes, in fact, she is very angry. “Fuck that! And fuck everyone that had anything to do with it!” she screams, unleashing a rare, bleeped out F-bomb in the family-friendly franchise. Eventually, she forms an unlikely alliance with the film’s protagonist, Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence).
Malone, who is set to reprise the pivotal role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, the franchise’s third and final installment (it will be divided into two movies), approached the role with the vigor of a method actor. “When you first meet Johanna, she’s got enemy written all over her,” Malone says.
“She’s violent and sexual and caustic and nefarious. But she has a big arch of friend or foe. But she’s fierce. What I really wanted to explore with her was learning anger. Anger has to be so genuine or it feels so fake, like a fake sneeze. So, the first week of shooting, I didn’t talk to anyone. I needed to have this intimidation factor. I had all this [angry] energy surging through me. She almost killed me. A month and a half in, I learned how to turn her off, but at first she was dangerous.”
Read more at BullettMedia.com
Molly Mon, April 28, 2014 
Jena Malone and Lem Jay Ignacio did a reddit AMA this morning in support of their band The Shoe's upcoming debut album release (be sure to check out I'm Okay on June 3. Pre-order in their store or iTunes). Jena answered some of your Mockingjay questions during the Q&A and even confirmed - once again - that she's a Joniss shipper.
We've transcribed all the Hunger Games/Mockingjay-related questions for you but you can also check out the entire reddit AMA HERE.
I've always wondered this about movies - did you really strip naked during the elevator scene in Catching Fire, or did you have something to cover up?
naked!
hahah no not really. I had little stickers on parts I wanted covered
Has it been difficult to interpret Johanna in Mockingjay?
Mockingjay is a whole new world !! It's very thrilling and nerve wracking making it perfect.
First, thanks for doing this AMA! And congrats on the new album! I pre-ordered the vinyl and I'm super psyched to hear it! (Spoilers ahead for those silly enough not to have read the Hunger Games trilogy..)
For Jena - I'm a huge fan of your work and particularly fond of Johanna. Since we only experience Katniss's perception of Johanna after her torture in Mockingjay, how did you get inside her head? How different was portraying this Johanna from the one we know in Catching Fire?
PS - I know you were upset they didn't make a Johanna Mason barbie, and I may or may not definitely have gotten one commissioned by this badass girl who does amazing custom barbies. When I get it, I will definitely post you a photo!
Johanna was very hard bird to crack. I think the first entry into her was discovering what true anger felt like and living in it for a prolonged amount of time.
Can't wait to see a little Johanna doll!
I would like to ask Jena, what was it like to act along with such amazing group in Catching Fire? What would you say about Jennifer Lawrence? And I love The Shoe, really want to get that album. xx
Its been a dream working with the Hunger Games cast. I love them all so much. Jenn is the best person ever (besides my little sister) and she is truly inspiring to work with
Hey Jena, do you have an OTP (One True Pairing) from the Hunger Games? x
I don't know what this is.
You guys create such beautiful music together, you should be seriously proud. Thank you for becoming The Shoe and sharing your magic with us! Jena, YOU SHIP JONISS. You don't understand how crazy we all went when you replied to a fans twitter question the other day and answered with 'Joniss.' How did you come to like Johanna and Katniss together, and do you see them purely as a friendship or do you see the chemistry that hundreds of us can totally see?! Joniss rules.
I recently discovered the whole "joniss" phenomenon and think it is so amazing that the fans have created our backstorys and worlds out of these characters!! I can't help but love it!
Jena, what was the most rewarding experience in filming Catching Fire? Also, did anything funny happen on set? I preordered the signed album. I can't wait!
The most rewarding experience was getting to work the amazing cast. We have all kind of fallen in love with each other so going to work every day is such a treat
Hi Jena! Big fan of yours since Sucker Punch, also loved you as Johanna Mason and congratulations on The Shoe. My question is how was it like filming the Hunger Games now knowing that the end is approaching & that you'll no longer play Johanna Mason?
It makes me sad, actually.
Jena, what was your favourite part of playing Johanna?
The fans!
Hey Jena, do you think you (not Johanna) would be capable of winning the Hunger Games?
Yes!!! I would totally win!
hahah not really prob just run and hide
Hi Jena, If you could have written music for any movie you have already starred in, which would it have been? And would you have preferred writing the score or just a single song?
Gosh we would love to write something for the new Mockingjay films!!
