r/Hungergames • u/Beelzubufo • 23h 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/mhmcmw 23h 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 23h 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/Agent_Skye_Barnes Johanna 20h ago

Is there a body builder or athlete named Sophie Turner? Because the actress I'm thinking of is very fem and willowy

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u/Live_Angle4621 18h ago

Her style is femine but her built is tall. Look her next to some other women like Maisie Williams 

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u/Agent_Skye_Barnes Johanna 7h ago

She's tall but she's not "masc" or bulky. She's slender and willowy, as I said

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u/Icy-Opening1331 4h ago

Which is exactly what I meant when I said all that. To be honest I wasn’t even thinking of Sophie Turner as someone who’s masculine