'I ate mustard and tuna before kissing Josh and Liam!': Jennifer Lawrence discusses her STINKY screen smooches in The Hunger Games

By Ellie Genower For Mailonline

Published: 05:03 EST, 2 December 2016 | Updated: 07:29 EST, 2 December 2016

She's had a fair few kissing scenes in her career, beginning with The Hunger Games franchise and most recently culminating with smooching co-star Chris Pratt in forthcoming film Passengers.

But Jennifer Lawrence has admitted her Hunger Games leading men were the most unlucky when it came to her preparations for the scenes.

'When I had to kiss Josh (Hutcherson) and Liam (Hemsworth) in The Hunger Games I was like, "Who cares?" and I'd eat mustard and tuna,' she told Graham Norton during an appearance on this Friday's show. 

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Mustard and tuna: Jennifer Lawrence told Graham Norton on Friay that her Hunger Games co-stars fared worst when it came to her preparation for kissing scenes

'And then I did American Hustle with Christian Bale and I was like, "Oh damn," and I was really clean and ate lots and lots of mints.' 

And as for Chris Pratt, he was one of the luckier co-stars. 'With Pratt I definitely ate mints!' she added. 

The pair both appear on the popular BBC1 chat show on Friday to promote their new sci-fi flick Passengers.

The duo play two people who wake up 90 years too soon from an induced hibernation on board a spaceship bound for a new planet

She wore black velvet: Jennifer sported a black jacket over a matching outfit with white trim 

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Cheeky: Jennifer pranked her co-stars including Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games, with her pre-kissing scene diet 

Faring better: Christian Bale in the romantic scenes with Jennifer in American Hustle

And due to Jennifer's reluctance to perform stunts, Chris was handed the majority of the action tasks in the flick.  

'As soon as I wrapped Hunger Games I was done with stunts,' admitted Jennifer, who looked striking in a black velvet jacket with white trim over a matching outfit.

'I didn't want to do any more, I didn't like it. I complained so much they said, "So we guess it will be mainly Chris doing all the action."'

Chris's career has gone from strength to strength since he appeared in hit action film Guardians Of The Galaxy two years ago. 

Co-stars: Jennifer says she ate mints for kissing scenes with Chris Pratt who also appeared on the talk show 

But life wasn't always so easy, with the 37-year-old once stripping for money during his days as a struggling actor. 

'If you need $40 and you get $40 it is a success! It never got "uninnocent" he recalled to Graham. 

'I did it three or four times and then decided I would do an audition for a strip club but there was one of the dancers sleeping in his car waiting for the club to open,' he said. 

'And I just felt a darkness that it was about to turn from a funny anecdote that I could tell on The Graham Norton Show one day to me being that guy.'

Success story:  Life wasn't always so easy for Chris Pratt with the 37-year-old once stripping for money during his days as a struggling actor

Book lover: Jamie Oliver discussed how much he loved the Hunger Games tomes 

The Parks & Recreation star filmed much of the sci-fi dramedy in London, which gave him mixed feelings about British food.   

'In America we are a melting pot, we've great Italian restaurants, great Japanese restaurants and Indian food but it's never "Let's go get British tonight," he said.

'You're good at the drinking, which I love. Your food is basically just to coat your stomach so the ale and whiskey have a place to live!' he added. 

Jamie Oliver was on hand for more food discussion, specifically his Christmas cookbook which he described as 'the best book I've ever written.'

Stars of the show: Will.i.am discussed the prospect of relocating to the UK for good 

Eclectic mix: Gragham Norton is joined on Friday by Will.i.am, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Jamie Oliver and Emeli Sande

Asked why he dedicated it to his grandmother he said, 'My earliest memory of Christmas is her reaching for the Brussels sprouts and her cracker hat catching fire on a candle, in turn her blue rinse caught fire and she was a human candle. 

'I remember thinking my dad was beating her up but he was actually putting out the flames. Once he had finally put her out we carried on eating dinner and I thought, "That's Christmas!"'

However, the father of five who welcomed new baby River Rocket earlier this year, said he was not going to be hosting Christmas day at his house. 

'I have hosted it for about a decade and the family has got bigger and bigger,' he said. 'This year it was going to be about 30-40 people but I've had a fifth child and worked hard all year so I have called it off. 

'It went down pretty well with some people but not so well with others!'

Having a break: Jamie will not be hosting Christmas day for 50 family members at his house 

Perhaps it's not surprising he wants to take a break from cooking for the masses after sustaining a rather intimate injury while cooking a Valentine's dinner for his wife Jools.  

'I was cooking naked at home while preparing a whole sea bass and I had a new, fan-assisted oven and when I opened the door a jet of hot steam attacked my manhood,' he recalled. 

'It was a weird thing in life – the worst and best time in my life. Worst because the pain was so bad but best because my private parts expanded!' 

Apologising to his teenage children for recounting the story, he added, 'Sadly it didn't turn out to be the romantic night I had planned. I ended up sitting with some frozen Green Giant (corn) on my old fella!'

Comfortable clothing: Wil.i.am appeared on the show sporting an eclectic white outfit and trademark hat

Musical interlude: Emeli Sande performed on the show sporting a black ensemble 

Jamie also found himself the subject of some controversy earlier this year when he was blasted by Spanish chefs for including chorizo and chicken in his paella.  

'They went medieval on me,' he exclaimed. 'It got very dark – I got death threats because of a bit of sausage! Everything I did that month was over taken by chorizo. FYI, it tastes better with chorizo!'

With his recipe books bestsellers, Jamie is now the best-selling non fiction writer of all time,  although his school days weren't such a success.

'I wasn't very academic and because I was dyslexic I was in the special needs class which wasn't great for my confidence,' he said. 

More recently, he was inspired to read after watching The Hunger Games films. 

'I loved it so much and just couldn't wait for the next film so I bought the book. Reading those was a big deal for me,' he said. 

Strings attached: Emeli performed with violinists in the studio 

 

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