Jennifer Lawrence Shakes Her Groove Thing

In The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence is rarely seen without a bow and arrow close to her side, while she wears her casual clothing and goes make-up free. So now that the actress is on the promotional trail, launching the film across the world, she is ensuring she looks her best.

The 21-year-old made a visit to Madrid earlier today to appear on TV show El Hormiguero. Jennifer looked stunning as she stepped on to the studio floor and matched the frock with some black strappy heels.

She wore her hair up and happily waved to the audience as she made her way on set. But she clearly hadn't intended to have to relive the drama of the film during her appearance as she had dressed demurely for the chat.

Jennifer plays Katniss Everdeen in the movie, a teenager who has to fight for her life on TV after volunteering to step in for her younger sister. In the trailer and stills for the film, the actress is shown expertly showing off her archery skills. And despite wearing unsuitable clothing for the activity, she had to demonstrate her skills again by using a bow and arrow on set to aim at a watermelon.

A bemused Jennifer played along and still managed to look stylish and collected as she pointed her bow. But as she was asked to carry out other odd activities she screwed up her face or laughed at what was put in front of her.

She was also handed plastic action dolls of the characters in the movie. And she showed off her acting skills once more as she joked around and played with the figurines in front of the audience.

The movie doesn't get released in Spain until Thursday, but it has so far received rave reviews at the American box office. Based on the first book in Suzanne Collins’ hugely successful trilogy of the same name, the film grossed $155million in the U.S. and made $214.3 million worldwide in its opening weekend.

It stars Jennifer, as heroine Katniss Everdeen, Woody Harrelson as her drunken mentor Haymitch Abernathy, and Donald Sutherland as the evil President Snow.

Some parents have complained the film scenes of murder and bloodshed were too graphic to be appropriate for children and suggested an R rating.