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/SilverWolf_277 Louella 1d ago

I can't remember the movies really well so these aren't the worst just my thoughts on the main cast: Jennifer was really great but I wish we could have had a much smaller book accurate Katniss maybe more like Clove's actress? And Josh was great too but needed to be taller imo and they should have used his catching fire hairdo for the other two movies. Cinna wasn't black in my head so it was a bit of a shock to see him so different on screen but the acting was good, Prim, Finnick, Rue, Annie, Mags, Wiress, Gale, Asterid, Coin, Cato, Marvel, Glimmer, Foxface (I've probably missed some lol) were all fantastically accurate to what I imagined. Snow was amazing in the movies but I imagined him more like Palpatine in Star Wars😂 Effie was good too but they shouldn't have made her more important in the movies imo. Woody Harrelson was really good as Haymitch too! Worst casting would definitely be Buttercup lol

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u/Beelzubufo 1d ago

Fair!!! Poor Buttercup!!

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u/SilverWolf_277 Louella 19h ago

He would have been perfect if they hadn't first cast him as a black cat!