In barely three years, Lawrence has risen from a relative unknown to superstar hero of "The Hunger Games" franchise and potential Oscar winner at just 22.
But when Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was arrested in January at his lavish New Zealand estate, he went from unknown entrepreneur to a flamboyantly rich cult hero.
That's exactly how the U.S. did it in 1991 and 1992 when it faced a credit crunch so severe that Gulf War hero George Bush lost the 1992 election to an unknown Bill Clinton.