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Kate
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Mar 05, 2011 12:27PM
She doesn't have to be girly though. Actress and actress-as-character often have little to do with each other. The famous isn't good, but I think she would be able to play a totally non-girly person if she wanted to, which we don't know if she does. And she wouldn't be so stupid as to post pictures of herself dressed in $5,000 clothes pretending to be a poor, woodsy person. (And if I recognize that those were 5,000 dollar clothes, that's a big problem)
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Hahah, yeah. I like Saoirse, but she's just not right for the part- though maybe more so then some of the others....but that's just my opinion.
Well, I've never seen her act, but I don't think she really looks the part. Then again, that's less important than being able to embody it.
Natalie- She's a great actress and I can see her as Katniss. That is, her attitude. Not her appearance. So out of the four, I hope she get's the part because she can have that "mood" that Katniss has. And I think the age is okay... But I hope she dyes her hair. :)
Hair-dying would be helpful for most of the choices for Katniss.
Yeahhhh. But, then again, it would be helpful for Annabeth
Extremely. You do NOT give Annabeth brown hair and blue eyes when it is REPEATEDLY made a big deal of that she is blond with gray eyes. It's about 20 million times worse than Daniel Radcliffe's eyes, and at least they had an excuse.
Yeah, seriously. AND with Dan we never really had a closeup of his eyes. (and then there's Hermione's buckteeth, but there's also a reason for that).But it is CLEARLY said that Annabeth has grey eyes and curly blonde hair. "She looked like a princess."-percy's thoughts
What do you mean we never had a closeup of his eyes? In the fifth movie, they focus on his BLUE eyes for about a minute straight when he wakes up.
Kate wrote: "Extremely. You do NOT give Annabeth brown hair and blue eyes when it is REPEATEDLY made a big deal of that she is blond with gray eyes. It's about 20 million times worse than Daniel Radcliffe's eye..."Oh, no. Please don't mention that. They also made a character African-American for no explained reason.
That doesn't really bother me anywhere near as much, since they don't emphasize what Grover looks like. I'm not sure they even give a skin color in him for the books. I got over that one fast.
Kate wrote: "That doesn't really bother me anywhere near as much, since they don't emphasize what Grover looks like. I'm not sure they even give a skin color in him for the books. I got over that one fast."In the official graphic novel based off the book
(never actually read the graphic novel just saw it at my local bookstore and flipped through it,) Grover was white.
It just bothers me-not as much as Annabeth.
BTW-sorry for being off topic!
Yes, he is, and I know that, but in the book, which is the important part, it either doesn't say or doesn't matter. I said I got over it fast, I didn't mean it doesn't bother me, just that I feel like in the grand scheme of things, with everything they messed up, it doesn't really matter.
I just don't want a movie anymore. Sick of all these wannabe-famous girls who are making a one-woman campaign for Katniss. I'm sick of all these horrible actresses auditioning, really, Abigail Breslin? Jennifer Lawrence? Murder me already.
I agree with Jia. I would rather talk about the Hunger Games as a great book and not a horrible movie.
Me three. I don't want a horrible movie. But I still want an amazing, true to the book movie that doesn't cast people because of their fame or is trying to make as much money as possible. I'll have to see the trailer first.
Kate wrote: "What do you mean we never had a closeup of his eyes? In the fifth movie, they focus on his BLUE eyes for about a minute straight when he wakes up."Oh, okay. I didn't remember that. :)
Chandloski- probably not. They had to put filming on hold what with the stuff in New Zealand and that being where they film them....
@ Rae, the only reason I remember it is because it bothers me so much.
Annabeth really bothered me! Gosh, it was awful.Anyway, I'd be perfectly happy with Hailee.
Yeah, taking back what I said before, I think Hailee is probably the only one of them who can pull it off, and she doesn't have the same fame issue as a lot of them. Yes, everyone's heard of her, but she hasn't been in everything yet.Yes, I know I sound very contradictory.
Kate wrote: "@ Rae, the only reason I remember it is because it bothers me so much."I don't care all that much since they did such a great job with them all. (Great start by Chris Columbus- how could you fail us with Percy Jackson?!?!)
Hahha, bt thats totally fine Kate (550)
I'm glad you think so. ;DChris Columbus confuses me. Harry Potter...pretty darn good. Percy Jackson...fail.
Hahah, you're welcome. (Shall we continue our quest to find something we disagree on?)seriously. how could he have done that? Let's just wait 10 years and then redo it correctly.
That's a great idea. Do you want to direct it or should I?Let's see...what to disagree on.....hmmm...favorite food?
I'm in film school. I could direct it. You guys would still be on board of course :)
According to my friend via Facebook, via one of her friends, they've cast everyone except Katniss, and she thinks Alex Pettyfer is Peeta....
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O.o
Yeah, no. Give me a source and I'll believe it.
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-Alex Pettyfer has the script but is yet to read it.
-Hailee Stenifeld has met with Garry Ross, is one of two favorites for Katniss
-Jennifer Lawrence has met with Garry Ross, and is the front-runner to get the role
-Hugh Laurie is 'un-available'
I can KIND OF see Jennifer as Katniss, with the proper costume/makeup/hair colour. Its a stretch of the imagination, but it might just work. Alex? No. He is much more of a Peeta.
★ Jessica ★ wrote: "-Jennifer Lawrence has met with Garry Ross, and is the front-runner to get the role "Maybe. Then again, according to Entertainment Weekly , Lionsgate says there is no frontrunner.
"It’s true that the opportunity to play the protagonist in the movie adaptation of the massively popular Hunger Games has a whole lot of Hollywood up-and-comers vying for the spot, but a source at Lionsgate has confirmed to EW that, despite all the chatter, there are no frontrunners at this point."
Aagh, so much conflicting information! They just need to cast it already.
Seriously. And then we can go from hating who's proposed as being inline for being cast to making our judgments on whether or not they cast the right people.
HUGH LAURIE NOT AVAILABLE!?!*head desk*
Guitar Chick-Dolly Dagger wrote: "I'm in film school. I could direct it. You guys would still be on board of course :)"Sounds great.
:)It'd be quite good, quite good. But then I might have to cut Peeta out completely :(
Peeta annoys the crap out of me, although I supppose I would have to include him minimally.
Yeah, I think it's necessary to at least identify the other District 12 tribute.
I'll get to work on a script, heh he h heh.
Heh, it'll be cut and paste from the book except for the cutting out of most of the Peeta crap.
Mockingjay.net posted on friday the Jennifer Lawrence was extremely close to getting an offer to be Katniss (it shows up in my feed on fb. lolz)
The mockingjay.net article said "Steinfeld and Breslin are both 14 and Lawrence is 20. Though there are plenty of up-and-coming teenage actors, Lionsgate can more easily find a recognizable face in his 20s for the male lead."Either mockingjay.net is wrong, the sentence is misleading, or they're doing the exact opposite of going for an unknown. They're going to decide Katniss based on the fact that there are more known actors in their 20s to choose from! That's like a triple whammy!
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