The Hunger Games (2012) - Full cast and crew. 'The Hunger Games' Movie: Josh Hutcherson Cast As Peeta, Liam Hemsworth As Gale. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth are headed for the fight of their lives.
The two stars have been cast in the big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' best selling book, "The Hunger Games," as Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne, respectively. They join Jennifer Lawrence, who was recently cast as main character Katniss Everdeen, in the highly anticipated young adult fantasy film. About a future, war-ravaged world run by a corrupt government, the books focus on Everdeen, Mellark and Hawthorne, participants in the Hunger Games Tournament. It's a televised event in which children battle to the death. Lionsgate hopes to make a film series out of what is an outrageously popular series of books.
The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence. Team Peeta or Team Gale? Hutcherson wont pick. ‘Hunger Games’ Jennifer Lawrence on Becoming Katniss Everdeen. Mar 21, 2012 11:07am “Hunger Games” fans are clamoring to see Katniss Everdeen on the big screen when the hotly-anticipated movie hits theaters Friday.
To get ready for “Hunger Games,” the movie’s star Jennifer Lawrence had serious athletic training, mastering the heroine’s signature skill of archery, dabbling in yoga and parkour to strengthen for the arena scenes, even learning how to run properly. “I’m pigeon-footed so I run like I have real problems,” Lawrence said on “Good Morning America” today. “So I decided to learn how to run with my feet straight and then they ended up just taping my ankles to make my feet go out.” Northwood-Kensett.