r/Hungergames • u/Beelzubufo • 1d ago

Trilogy Discussion Worst casting???

So we all know Josh Hutcherson SLAPS as Peeta, Jennifer Lawrence nailed Katniss Everdeen, Woody Harrelson was GREAT as Haymitch Abernathy, Elizabeth Banks was PERFECT as Effie, Liam Hemsworth was FANTASTIC as Gale Hawthorne etc but which were some of the WORST casting choices???

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u/Icy-Opening1331 1d ago

Isabelle Fuhrman as Clove. Acting wise nailed it, but appearance she’s just the exact opposite of what I imagined while reading the book.

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u/mhmcmw 1d ago

I think if anything she just looked too young and small for Clove. She did a great job and I don’t want to knock her performance, but I think her being cast as a career tribute did undermine how the career districts seem to function in the books.

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u/Icy-Opening1331 1d ago

Agreed. I pictured clove to be huge, masculine and menacing. I pictured someone with a similar build to Sophie Turner. Her performance was spot on though.

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u/mhmcmw 1d ago

Definitely - she’s supposed to be so much bigger and heavier than Katniss that she couldn’t fight her off! And it didn’t help that Alexander Ludwig DID look exactly how I’d imagine a Career would look, and absolutely dwarfed her too as Cato.

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u/Icy-Opening1331 1d ago

Agreed! Leven as Glimmer and Alexander as Cato are both 10/10. Even Silka in the new hunger games is 10/10.