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Producer Nina Jacobson says casting for Finnick is still wide open

 nina jacobson hunger games news finnick odair catching fire    Producer Nina Jacobson says casting for Finnick is still wide open   Finnick 300x440Catching Fire producer Nina Jacobson spoke to 24 Frames of the LA Times at the MTV Movie Awards and says the casting for Finnick Odair is still wide open.

Amid a frenzy of rumors surrounding his possible role in the next installment of “The Hunger Games,” Taylor Kitsch last week told us he won’t be playing the attractive Finnick Odair in “Catching Fire.”

Finnick, who shows up for the first time in “Catching Fire,” is described by author Suzanne Collins as a handsome 24-year-old womanizer who excels at athletic pursuits. According to E! News, other actors still up for the part include Garrett Hedlund and Armie Hammer. But a producer of the sequel says even those whispers are “so not true.”

“That’s the thing that’s crazy — people are like way ahead of where we are,” Nina Jacobson told us on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday. “We’ve not narrowed things down by any means. It’s funny to see how things can take on a life of their own.”

But are the filmmakers taking fan input into account while seeking out their Finnick? Not entirely, says Jacobson.

“It means something that people can see [an actor] in that light, so you know [the actor] will be accepted by a lot of people, on the one hand,” she said. “On the other hand, you have to kind of ignore it. You have to just sort of act like you’re sitting in a room and you want to just pick the person who gives the best audition and looks and feels most like the part.”

I have no preference as to whom will play Finnick.  I just want whomever it is to do the best job they can and bring Finnick to life on screen.  Everyone was up in arms with Jennifer and Josh when they were first cast, and after their performance in The Hunger Games.. I think it shushed those few up quickly.  So, I trust Nina, director Frances Lawrence and author Suzanne Collins will give us the perfect Finnick.  Like Nina said, “the person who gives the best audition and looks and feels most like the part”  The person can look like Finnick, but to play him is a different story.

But I would really like to know who is playing Finnick really soon.  nina jacobson hunger games news finnick odair catching fire    Producer Nina Jacobson says casting for Finnick is still wide open   icon wink

[source: 24Frames via HollywoodCrush.  Finnick illustration Margarita Zhirkova]

 

Category: Catching Fire, Finnick Odair, Hunger Games News, Nina Jacobson

  • Jael

    I know everyone is obsessed with wanting to know who will play Finnick, but I’m more interested in who is up for Johanna and Beetee (please let it be Michael Emerson for Beetee).

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-Yamada/100001820883138 Joshua Yamada

    Well I hope the guy chosen for Finnick does an outstanding performance.

    • Biggest Hunger Games Fan

      Me too…….if they don’t they’ll have a lot of Hunger Games fans being really ticked off.

  • Biggest Hunger Games Fan

    I trust Nina Jacobson……..I mean the Jennifer Lawerence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hensworth were not that popular before The Hunger Games and they were perfect for the part. Maybe Finnick will be someone we will never expect. So enough with Finnick who is playing Johanna, Wiress, Betee, and Plutarch?

  • michelle

    joey graceffa  joey graceffa  joey graceffa  joey graceffa  joey graceffa  joey graceffa 

    • Lyh97

      whos that ? i looked him up on imdb nuntin???????????werid?

  • Josiahmorgan11

    Has everyone forgotten about Johanna? Mags anyone? Enobaria? Beetee and Wyrus?

    • Biggest Hunger Games Fan

      Wiress…….No!! personally i think they need to focus on all of the characters not just Finnick

  • Bow Ties Are Cool!

    i hope they choose alex pettyfer :3

  • Inspired!

    They should use Paul Wesley from the vampire diaries. He has muscle, and attitude! 

  • Amalie

    I hope they do better job with Finnick than they have done with Gale. Liam is to pretty and nothing rebel about him! Even with Jennifer Lawrence, she is beautiful but nothing like Katniss. Jennifer needs to lose lots of weight to match her mother, sister and other Seam residents. 

  • Heather

    Look at every depiction of the character…looks like Benjamin Stone to me!!!! Right down to the sly smirk.

  • Marisreads

    They should choose Robert Pattinson

    • Lyh97

      i love him as edward but thats alll cuz as rob he sort of freaks me out

  • MockingJay

    MATT BOMER PEOPLE! HE HAS ALL THE KEY INGREDIENTS TO THE PERFECT FINNICK!!!

    -hot
    -great actor
    - mysterious
    - hot
    - perfect age
    -hot

    • MockingJay

      did i mention hot!

    • Lyh97

      right thats wat ive been saying Matt Bomer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        mocking jay person did u see my comment and i was talkin about him u looked him up rite see i know men

  • http://twitter.com/MaddyBieber199 Madison Rutter

    they should totally have Ed helms a Beetee.

  • Jennifer

    I personally like Ryan Kwanten as Finnick. He plays Jason Stackhouse on True Blood. I love him! He’s funny, athletic, hot(!), and cocky (at least on the show). Mmmmm…Ryan Kwanten.

  • LOKi’D

    Finnick should be played by Tom Hiddleston. He could so do it.

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