The main cast of the upcoming "Hunger Games" adaptation is taking shape with the announcement today that newcomer Amandla Stenberg will play District 11 tribute Rue.
Entertainment Weekly broke the news along with the casting of fellow newcomer Dayo Okeniyi as Thresh, Rue's counterpart from District 11.
Stenberg has a role in the forthcoming "Columbiana," which is currently in post-production, as well as the TV movie "Taste of Romance," which is filming now. Okeniyi appeared in the 2010 short film "Eyes to See" and has a role in "Slew Hampshire," which is in post-production.
In the book series, heroine Catniss Everdeen (who will be played by Academy Award-nominee Jennifer Lawrence) meets Rue and Thresh in the Hunger Games, an annual battle to the death involving two children from each of the 12 districts of Panem. Rue especially becomes an integral part of the novel.
These latest additions break with the trend set by earlier casting announcements, which had all been known quantities. In addition to Lawrence, the cast also includes Josh Hutcherson ("Bridge to Terabithia") as Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth ("The Last Song") as Gale Hawthorne.
A fan backlash met each of the earlier announcements, but with so little known about these actors so far, I doubt we will see a similar outburst for now. Unlike the others, whose physical appearances differed from their characters', Stenberg and Okeniyi look quite a bit like my mental images of the characters from reading the books.
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| Amandla Stenberg |
Stenberg has a role in the forthcoming "Columbiana," which is currently in post-production, as well as the TV movie "Taste of Romance," which is filming now. Okeniyi appeared in the 2010 short film "Eyes to See" and has a role in "Slew Hampshire," which is in post-production.
In the book series, heroine Catniss Everdeen (who will be played by Academy Award-nominee Jennifer Lawrence) meets Rue and Thresh in the Hunger Games, an annual battle to the death involving two children from each of the 12 districts of Panem. Rue especially becomes an integral part of the novel.
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| Dayo Okeniyi |
A fan backlash met each of the earlier announcements, but with so little known about these actors so far, I doubt we will see a similar outburst for now. Unlike the others, whose physical appearances differed from their characters', Stenberg and Okeniyi look quite a bit like my mental images of the characters from reading the books.
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