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Apr5
Kentuckians cast in The Hunger Games
Filed under: Central Kentucky Arts News, Film, Oscars; Tagged as: Ashley Judd, Bug, Catching Fire, Gary Ross, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Shannon, Miley Cyrus, Mockingjay, Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games, The Kids Are All Right, Winter's Bone1 Comment
Louisville's Jennifer Lawrence, shown arriving at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, has been a hit on the red carpet this awards season. © AP Photo by Chris Pizzello.
A little over a month ago, Louisville’s Jennifer Lawrence and Union’s Josh Hutcherson were enjoying the revelry of the Oscars and awards season. Now, they make up some of the most Kentucky-centered movie casting since Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon paired up in 2006′s Bug.
Josh Hurcherson at the Independent Spirit Awards. © AP Photo.
Lawrence and Hutcherson will star in the big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, the first film based on the hit trilogy that includes Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The series is set in a future country where the United States used to be in which selected teenagers must compete in a deadly game. But the casting is somewhat appropriate as Lawrence and Hutcherson’s characters, Katniss and Peeta, hail from the District of Appalachia.
Joining them will be two-time former Miley Cyrus beau Liam Hemsworth as Gale completing a love triangle that is frequently compared to Twilight’s Bella, Jacob and Edward.
Directing The Hunger Games, and adding to its Oscar pedigree, will be Gary Ross, director of 2003′s Seabiscuit, which was partially filmed in the Lexington area and nominated for the Academy Award for best picture.
Lawrence was an Oscar nominee for her performance as another mountain girl fighting for survival in Winter’s Bone. Hutcherson was part of the ensemble cast of multiple nominee The Kids are All Right.
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Having casted these three leads older than their intended ages, it completely taking away from the cruel, horrible idea of having children fight to the death. That is the whole point of The Hunger Games. They have taken that away by casting these three, especially Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth. It makes me sad, because there are many, many talented young actors out there that could have pulled this off. But, no. I knew from the moment they announced a movie would be made that they would completely blow of the ages of the characters that matter so much. Age is a character itself in this, and they took it away.
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