With the highly anticipated Hunger Games movie coming out next year, there has been a lot of news about who is playing who. Overall, I am not disappointed. I think that the casting director has done a pretty good job. There are some things bothering me. Now, this does not mean I dislike anyone who has been cast, but I guess I just never pictured some of the characters that way. So, lets start with the most important characters: Katniss and Peeta. As well as the other boy in Katniss’ life: Gale.

I love Jennifer Lawrence. I think it’s great that my favorite character will be played by an Academy Award nominee. She beautiful, both with make-up and naturally. So aside from all that awesome stuff, I’ve got a few concerns. For one, she can look much older than what Katniss is supposed to. Lawrence is already 20 y/o. What’s going to happen by the time they start filiming Mockingjay? Another thing, will she look too much older than Josh Hutcherson? Another concern I have is if Lawrence will keep true to Katniss’ character. I know part of that involves the script, but I got this vibe from Katniss throughout the books that I am scared will not show in the movies. Oh, and I think they need to make her hair longer. The fire balls in the arena burn about six inches of hair off her braid, so I hope they add more hair. I think Jennifer Lawrence will do a fantastic job, and after seeing those first images of her in tribute gear, I felt much better.

Aright, so Peeta is the character that is most frustrating. I am not so much worried about Josh Hutcherson’s acting ability as I am about the “golden hair”. I have seen pictures of everyone in costume, yet this guy has gone un-photographed. Seriously? The only pictures circling are crappy, to say the least. His hair looks brown, red, NOT blonde. I am hoping it’s the lighting, because if not, I will be very upset. Aside from that, I don’t really know what to expect. I realized the other day he plays the obnoxious little brother in RV. Yeah…

I like Liam Hemsworth. I think he can portray Gale well. So far, from the picture I saw from the set, he’s looking pretty darn good. It’s just how I pictured Gale to be, except I thought the hair would be a little longer. I do think that he and Jennifer Lawrence resemble each other. We all know how important that is in the story-line. They have to be believable cousins. The only movie I’ve seen Liam act in was The Last Song. I didn’t think he did a bad job. I’m really looking forward to seeing him down the line in Mockingjay.

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Overall, I’m pleased with the casting of these characters. I had others in mind (Lily Collins for Katniss and Alex Pettyfer for Peeta), but I think that these three will do Collins’ characters justice.