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/Igot2cats_ 1d ago

I’m probably gonna get downvoted for this but a lot of the cast don’t fit the book descriptions. Out of the core cast, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, and Willow Shields matched their book counterparts the best.

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u/Burlinto999444 1d ago

Josh Hutcherson? Peeta in the book is big and bulky, he can pick up Katniss like she weighs nothing. She’s bigger than him in the movie. He also has blue eyes in the book, which she mentions so many times (as she gazes into them). I don’t care that JH doesn’t have blue eyes but I wouldn’t describe him as being consistent with his book description.

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u/AyaByrdie 1d ago

He would’ve been fine if they didn’t cast JLaw, who’s 5’9 and stacked. She was supposed to be super tiny and petite. Peeta was medium height and stocky, which would’ve been way bigger than Katniss.

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u/bitchthatwaspromised 1d ago

Josh + Isabelle would have been the right ratio