Lenny Kravitz & Toby Jones Join ‘The Hunger Games’ [Updated]

Lenny Kravitz & Toby Jones Join ‘The Hunger Games’ [Updated]: "


Casting for director Gary Ross’ cinematic adaptation of The Hunger Games is almost done at this point. All twelve pairs of “tribute” roles in the film have been cast (check out the complete roster) and most of the adult supporting roles have been filled as well – with the exception of President Snow, the ruthless leader of the futuristic U.S.A. (renamed Panem) in Suzanne Collins’ original Hunger Games trilogy.
The latest part to be filled is that of Cinna, who will be brought to life by musician/actor Lenny Kravitz. Like fellow Hunger Games supporting players Stanley Tucci and Woody Harrelson, the rumors about Kravitz having been approached to star in Ross’ film have turned out to be true after all.
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‘The Hunger Games’ Casts Its Cato & Clove

‘The Hunger Games’ Casts Its Cato & Clove: "


Lionsgate has spent the last three weeks slowly but meticulously releasing updates about the casting process for its highly-anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ mega-popular novel, The Hunger Games. Now the last two “tribute” roles in the film have been filled, leaving just a handful of (still important) adult supporting parts open for casting.

District 2 “tributes” Cato and Clove – who essentially serve as antagonists in The Hunger Games – are the last tribute roles to be filled in the film. The characters will be brought to life by Alexander Ludwig (Race to Witch Mountain) and Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), respectively.



Ludwig isn’t so much a physical match for Cato, who is described by Collins as a hulking brute with an nasty temper and (admittedly, kind of understandable) unrelenting drive to win The Hunger Games. Fuhrman, ...

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Jennifer Lawrence Talks ‘X-Men: First Class’ & ‘The Hunger Games’

Jennifer Lawrence Talks ‘X-Men: First Class’ & ‘The Hunger Games’: "


Jennifer Lawrence went from being a little-known actress and star of a depressing-as-the-dickens indie film, Winter’s Bone, to starring in Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class as the blue-hued Mystique and also the much-anticipated adaptation of The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen.

Recently, Lawrence talked to Latino Review about her roles in both X-Men and The Hunger Games, the latter of which has caused a bit of a backlash, due to the intended age and ethnicity of the protagonist. Which is to say, not ‘twenty-years-old’ and not exactly ‘white’ – the age and ethnicity of Jennifer Lawrence.



When asked about being cast in the much-coveted role of Katniss Everdeen, Lawrence said:

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