Lawrence’s greatest capability as an actress is that, like the heroine who has brought her the most fame, she plays it straight, even at the most difficult points. Facing more chaos than any adult — let alone a teenager — could hope to have thrown at them, accompanied by nightmares, the fragile emotional state is captured well by the young woman we know by now to be able to hit the target of believability without needing to pull out the incendiary arrows from her quiver.
…but as for the lover in this love triangle, Hutcherson has the hardest task as Peeta, televised for all the world to see as a strung-out, obvious victim of brainwashing and another personal reminder for Katniss of all she has to lose.