"Can I just fangirl out for a second?" Jena Malone asked before talking about the Blu-ray for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, as though she were one of its many admirers as opposed to one of its stars. "There is so much behind-the-scenes footage. We had so much fun on Catching Fire that I'm just excited to sit down and watch." And really, who could blame her for fangirling about her own movie, the first with a female lead to top the annual box office in 40 years?

While the power of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is undeniable, Malone's character — badass District 7 tribute Johanna Mason — was Catching Fire's biggest breakout, thanks to an intoxicating mix of venom and vulnerability. But what the 29-year-old actress put into the movie paled in comparison to what she got out of it.

"I learned so much about myself through playing Johanna," she told BuzzFeed. "I knew I had strength as an actor, but Johanna taught me how incredibly strong I could be emotionally, that I could intimidate an entire room with just the energy I walked in with. You can really do some damage through how you carry yourself in life."