Hunger games!

Description

Vanity Fair is featuring a close up look at some of the actors who are playing key Tributes in The Hunger Games movie.

They've just put up an interactive photo, outlining just who is who (just as an aside - I think Josh looks Peeta blonde in that pic) You can click on the picture above to check out the full size image.

You can also see the full article and picture at Vanity Fair ...but in the meantime, here's what Vanity Fair had to say:

While the odds may not be in favor of these actors in the arena, they certainly were in the casting room. In what was one of the most-watched casting calls for young actors since Twilight, auditions for The Hunger Games were a battle royale in their own right. Anxious to make The Cut, hopefuls went all out: they covered their faces with dirt, put twigs in their hair, and wielded various weapons (including a Nerf crossbow and plastic butcher knife). It was all for the chance to play the "tributes" who fight each other to the death in contests broadcast throughout Panem (the futuristic ruins of North America) in the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins's wildly popular young-adult novels. Ultimately, director Gary Ross took a liking to a fresh-faced cast that includes stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth, and a host of new breakout actors. Scroll your mouse over their faces to get the basics on the soon-to-be household names, and read about how they got their highly coveted roles.

Liam Hemsworth: (Gale) "I'd heard about how popular the books were, but I wasn't quite aware of how dark and gritty the story was. It started me thinking and asking questions like, Could something like this actually happen to us one day? When you think about the fast-growing popularity of reality TV today, and the crazy premise of many of the reality-TV shows that are currently on the air, is it really that far off for us to consider something like this being possible? I think it's a mind-blowing thing to think about."

Jennifer Lawrence: (Katniss) "I auditioned, which was a long process and a lot of improv. And then waited a month or something, where I was convinced I didn't have it-then I got the phone call while I was in London. I was then terrified. I knew it was going to be huge, and that's scary. I called my mom. She said, 'This is a script that you love, and you're thinking about not doing it because of the size of it?' And I [didn't] want to not do something because I'm scared, so I said yes. And I'm so happy that I did."

Josh Hutcherson: (Peeta) "I got to meet [Hunger Games author] Suzanne Collins at the first meeting, which was very exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. But I had a great read-through, and then came back to do a test screening a few weeks later. I also hit it off with Jen-the chemistry between the two of us really worked. A couple of weeks went by where I couldn't say a single word about it ... then I got the call. It still didn't even hit me, until I walked on set for the first day."

0 Comments