I've been hanging out at themockingjay to keep up with The Hunger Games movie news. Casting debates have been pretty civil, but the inevitable "But she's a talented actress!" has also made its appearance. :-/ I thought I would compose a photo-essay as to what exactly is the problem with "But she's a talented actress!" and variants thereof. (Feedback is welcome ( Read more... )

Lionsgate has confirmed that Jennifer Lawrence has been cast as Katniss and Entertainment Weekly interviewed director Gary Ross. For once, they asked some relevant questions:

There’s already quite a bit of hand-wringing that, no matter how good an actress Lawrence is, at 20 she’s simply too old for the role.First of all I talked to Suzanne ( Read more... )

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According to the Playlist, there are 30 young actresses now seriously being considered for the role of Katniss, including Emma Roberts, Hailee Steinfeld and Chloe Moretz.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/chloe_moretz_saoirse_ronan_emily_browning_more_want_to_play_hunger_games/#

Quoth the Playlist:

That’s right, they are casting ( Read more... )