“I totally regret it,” filmmakerFrancis Lawrencesaid of the divide-and-conquer strategy ina new PEOPLE interview.
“I totally do.
I’m not sure everybody does, but I definitely do.”
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2’.Everett Collection
At the time of 2014’sMockingjay Part 1and 2015’sMockingjay Part 2, Lawrence was regularly defending the decision in interviews.
“I still completely stand by the idea,” hetold the BBC.
“And I can understand that.”
Four hours of screen time allows for a lot more of the book to be filmed than two hours.
“I would never let them split the book in two,” Lawrence said of the new movie.
I’ll just make a longer movie.'"
