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Despite being one of the most celebrated actresses of the last decade, Jennifer Lawrence had to wait a while before finding her footing in Hollywood as she experienced several bumps in her way. But before she eventually rose to the spotlight throughWinter’s Boneand found herself leadingThe Hunger Games, her initial days in Hollywood weren’t easy as she had to face rejection from a major IP.
This involved Robert Pattinson’sTwilight,which was released back in 2008 and spawned an entire franchise that despite its low critical reception, went on to make more than $3B at the box office.
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Jennifer Lawrence was immediately rejected fromTwilight
Unlike the present, whereJennifer Lawrencehas cemented herself as one of the most skillful performers of our time, the Oscar winner’s audition forTwilightback in 2008 didn’t go well. Reflecting on the subject,The Hunger Gamesstar recounted her audition experience for the role of Bella, which later went toKristen Stewart, and according to Lawrence, she didn’t even receive a callback and was rejected immediately after she auditioned. She recalled,
“I auditioned for Twilight [and] they turned me down immediately. [Laughs] I didn’t even get a callback. But my life would’ve been totally different. I got Hunger Games I think, like, a year later. When you audition when you’re a run-of-the-mill actor… you just get five pages and they’re like, ‘Act monkey.’ When it came out, I was like, ‘Hot damn.’”
Following the film’s release, theMotherstar was flabbergasted after witnessing the huge phenomenon that theTwilightmovies would become in the early 2010s. But fans believe that the rejection was a blessing in disguise for the actress and she dodged a bullet.
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Fans claim it was a blessing in disguise for Jennifer Lawrence
LosingTwilightdidn’t hurt Jennifer Lawrence for long as after that, the actress wound found herself in several critically acclaimed films and would leadThe Hunger Gamesfranchise. Even thoughTwilightdid become a huge talk of the town upon its release, the franchise as a whole never managed to win on critics. Reflecting on the situation, fans believe that losing the role of Bella was the best outcome for theSilver Linings Playbookactress.
The Hunger Games is better so she won
— −• (@hausofabba)June 10, 2025
Everything happens for a reason and this is proof
— Slomin’s (@Slomins)July 04, 2025
hunger games ended twilight with ease anywayspic.twitter.com/cH7gslwdfp
— whoratheexplorer | SKINNY / BOYZ MUSIC VIDEO (@lanadelslay212)July 28, 2025
Oh no she avoided midpic.twitter.com/CAN9SHYPqN
— Colly (@somekiwi5)August 18, 2025
only kristen could play bella and only jlaw could play katniss
— just (@sillycals)July 19, 2025
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Although the rejection fromTwilightpostponed her climb to the top at the time, looking in hindsight, it did pave the way for Lawrence to move on to bigger and better things moving forward.
Twilightis available to stream on Hulu.
Source:The Rewatchables
Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
