Bella Swan and discovers her worth "by giving up her identity and throwing away nearly everything in life that matters." Bella Swan was often compared to Katniss Everdeen on the publication of "The Hunger Games". Bella Swan Isabella Marie "Bella" Swan (later Bella Cullen) is a character and the protagonist of the "Twilight" series, written by Stephenie Meyer. The "Twilight" series, consisting of the novels "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse", and "Breaking Dawn", is primarily narrated from Bella's point of view, but partway through "Breaking Dawn" it is written from the point of view of Jacob Black. In the film series, Bella is
The Hunger Games (novel) Twenty-year-old actress Jennifer Lawrence was chosen to play Katniss Everdeen. Though Lawrence was four years older than the character when filming began, Collins felt the role demanded "a certain maturity and power" and said she would rather the actress be older than younger. She added that Lawrence was the "only one who truly captured the character I wrote in the book" and that she had "every essential quality necessary to play Katniss." Lawrence, a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role, initially intimidated by the size of the production. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth were later