@ everybody else: I think i would actually prefer a less well-known actress (coughKAYASCODELARIO!cough). Someone older could more likely have a \’been there, done that\’ attitude that would totally ruin the film, especially Rue\’s death. Most of the actresses being reccomended for the role are either to old, or they\’re like Jodelle Ferland, Miranda Cosgrove or That Bubble-Headed Chick At The Beginning Of This Article Whose Name I am Too Lazy To Discover: pretty, happy, generally floofy girls who would not do justice to the role. And half of them are blond!

I want a REAL Katniss, somebody with some grit, who can drop a Tracker Jacker nest on the Careers and shoot Marvel in the throat and run around dodging fireballs and hunting rabbits and squirrels, and still make me cry with the song she sings to Rue as she dies.

And while I\’m at it, I also want the world to be filled with magical rainbow-colored unicorn ponies who fly. 🙂

that aside, i love \”the hunger games\” trilogy but a successful book does not necessarily mean a successful film. the casting is crucial. so the actresses that are not between 15 & 18 should not even be considered.

Personally, I love the idea of Malese Jow for Katniss (she played Anna in an arc on The Vampire Diaries last year), but I don\’t know how realistic it is that a studio would trust her to carry a film. She\’s in the right age group, but if the studio does make a commitment to all three films, she, like a lot of the popular choices might be too old as well. And she can sing. Which is something a lot of the articles speculating on casting aren\’t mentioning. Katniss is supposed to have a beautiful singing voice, but I don\’t know if that will come into play in the film.

I also, surprisingly, picture someone more a la Liam Hemsworth as Peeta, which is definitely not the popular choice amongst fans, though he has, supposedly, read a draft of the script. I don\’t know if he could pull off that role though. I like your idea for Lucas Till in the roll. He\’s had a lot of training recently for action films, and I think he could bring enough sweetness to the character that he would be most like Peeta in the novels.

I have almost no opinion on Gale, though Drew Roy would be an interesting choice. (It seems odd to me now that all of my younger male options have played the love interest of Miley Cyrus at some point.)

Age seems to be a large contributing factor though. A lot of my own visions for actors that would be able to take on the younger roles convincingly are in their 20s, so I have a feeling some of the older roles are going to go to bigger name stars, while the younger roles are going to wind up going to unknowns.

What the F***!!!!!!

\”To tone down the tumult of underage murder\”?

That\’s the entire freaking point of the thing!!! How cruel and unjust the Games are! If you put in an older actor to \”tone down the tumult of underage murder heading to the screens\” you will ruin the movie!

Not to mention you can\’t be chosen for the Games once your are over 18, lol

But this is just my opinion. No offense to anyone.

For Peeta i think it should be:Alex Pettyfer or Lucas Till or Alexander Ludwig. Ludwig is 1, Lucas 2, Pettyfer 3

Gale: The guy in the picture! Drew Roy, I think? He would be awesome in the role. He looks the part, and (in what I\’ve seen him in), he can act. The only problem is that he may not be able to act the part given on how Gale is in the books.

For Haymitch: I see Hugh Laurie first, then Robert Downey Jr. Both are great, but Downey Jr. strikes me as more fun than serious. But I\’m sure both would be great as Haymitch, they would just need to be able to do the emotional part as well as the comedic/serious

CAN\”T WAIT FOR THE HUNGER GAMES TO BE A MOVIE!!!!!!

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@everybody else: I would actually prefer someone a little less well-known (coughKayaScodelario!cough). Some one older and more experienced could have more of a \’been there, done that\’ attitude, which would totally ruin the film, especially Rue\’s death scene. Jodelle Ferland, Miranda Cosgrove, That Bubble-Headed Chick That Was First In This Article Whose Name I Am Too Lazy to Find Out, they all look to… nice. Happy. Pretty.
I want a REAL Katniss, somebody with some grit, who can drop a nest of Tracker Jackers and shoot Marvel in the throat and run around dodging fireballs and shootin rabbits and squirrels, and still make me cry sincerely with the song she sings at Rue\’s death.

And I also want the world to be filled with magical rainbow-colored unicorn ponies that can fly 🙂

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Reading the books I had no actress in mind for Katniss, but after seeing all the media for \”True Grit\” Hailee is such a great choice. And considering Rue is like 12, it wouldn\’t be that far of a stretch. Just don\’t get Willow Smith to play Rue.

At any rate, no matter who gets cast as Katniss will have to make a serious physical transformation as the character is so tough and gritty. I think Miranda Cosgrove from iCarly looks the part and could embrace it as a breakout role (also tween audience there.) Jessica Lowdnes from 90210 has the right look too but I cannot speak to her acting ability at all. I think Alex Pettyfer is too old for Peeta, but Finnick? I really cannot think of anyone for Gale or Peeta but no way Jose to Ed Westwick. Too smarmy.

translation: I would like this article more if it featured someone from \”Twilight.\”

I don\’t know why this site always has such a negative slant towards actors who have appeared in Twilight. You guys don\’t seem to have such a bias against any other actors. Even when you\’re doing casting announcements like Cosmopolis, you have to throw a dig at them.

Peeta: Hunter Parrish
Gale: Drew Roy
Prim: Chloe Moretz or Miranda Cosgrove
Rue: Willow Smith
Glimmer: an unknown
Madge: Dakota Fanning or Bridgit Mendler

As for Peeta… It can\’t be Max Thieriot. NoNoNo! No way! It\’s got to be someone who looks like Chord Overstreet or Lucas Till. It can\’t be anyone who looks too weak or scrauny.

And Katniss should totally be Kaya Scodelario!

I like it when they pick actors/ actresses who haven\’t appeared in much and more importantly who look the right age!!!!! Unlike I am Number Four… grumble grumble…

For Katniss-
Elizabeth Hirsch-Tauber
SHE JUST DID THIS REALLY FUNNY SPOOF FOR CLEVERTV! She is the main TwiHard fan! check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CQAN1AhA4

And for Gale-
Max Ehrich-
He was just on an episode of Parenthood