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Beetee, Mags, and Brutus Casting Rumors

21 Comments July 23, 2012 by Filed Under: Hunger Games News

 hunger games news    Beetee, Mags, and Brutus Casting Rumors   possiblehungergamescast 600x180Variety has revealed that Tony Shalhoub, owner of not one, but three Emmys, is on the shortlist for the role of Beetee, the twitchy, techie victor from District 3. However, the 51-year-old actress Melissa Leo, who starred in “The Fighter” and was supposedly one of the frontrunners to play Mags, was recently informed that she did not win the part.

According to CSICON, Lionsgate may be going in a different direction concerning Mags. Cicely Tyson, who starred in “The Help,” is apparently their top choice for portraying the 80-year-old victor, who was noted by Katniss as having a talent for making fish hooks and who spoke only in gibberish for unknown reasons.

As for some of the more minor roles, Shockya is reporting that Victor Gojcaj (seen in “The Taking of Pelham 123″ and “Unstoppable”), Kevin Durand (starred in “Robin Hood,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and hit TV show “Lost”), and ex-WWF fighter Kevin Nash are in the running for the role of Brutus, a Career known for his power and brutality.

I haven’t seen Tony Shalhoub in anything recent so I can’t say I’m familiar enough with his work to believe he’s an excellent choice. But throw a pair of glasses on him and I think he could definitely pull of Beetee’s look. As for Cicely Tyson playing Mags, I loved the suggestion as soon as I heard it. Her role in “The Help,” though brief, was executed perfectly and I enjoyed her work in “Because of Winn Dixie” as well. She can take on slightly crazy Mags, no problem. As for Brutus, the character makes only a few appearances in the “Catching Fire,” which leads me to believe the same will be true in the movie. And because it’s not as crucial a role as the others, I won’t be devastated one way or another over who is chosen. But if I had to choose, it would be Kevin Durand, since his role as Martin Keamy in “Lost” is probably as close to Brutus as one can get.

What do you think about these shortlisters, Mockingjays? Are you less concerned about the casting of minor roles, or do you have someone in mind who you think would be perfect?

[Source: Variety via the Huffington Post]

[Source: CSICON]

[Source: Shockya]

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  • Gina

    OH MY GOD CECILY TYSON! Holy crap… I totally didn’t think of her. I always imagined Mags as light-skinned, but I don’t recall them ever mentioning anything of that sort for her, so Mags could very well be played by Ms. Tyson. I freaking LOVE her, she’s amazing and if she does get Mags, she would be brilliant. And, as much as I love Melissa Leo, she’s nearly 30 years younger than Mags and they would have to age her a lot. Tony Shalhoub would, I think, make a great Beetee. He’s good at playing eccentric characters and I believe that he and Amanda Plumber would have great chemistry as Beetee and Wiress. As for the supposed short list for Brutus, I don’t know much about any of those mentioned so all I can do is trust that the casting director, director, etc pick the right person.

  • Lily Rose

    Tony Shalhoub. Yes! Cicely Tyson. Double yes! And I love Kevin Durand. The episode of “Dead Like Me” he was in is one of my favorites. The “Dark Angel” and “Wild Hogs” characters were also great! And the Blob in the Wolverine movie! I hope they pick him for a larger role than that.

  • Jael

    If you want to acquaint yourself with Tony Shalhoub’s work, I suggest watching:
    -Monk
    -Men in Black (he plays a pawn shop owner from another planet)
    -Cars (he plays the Italian car with the tire shop in Radiator Springs. Dunno why I suggested that. except that he can do a pretty good Italian accent).

    • Lily Rose

      Don’t forget “Galaxy Quest”

  • S0phiaxoxoPEETA

    i know whos gonna play mags
    Melissa Leo yea i went too IMDB then searched catching fire and it say
    Melissa Leo was playin mags well jst passin my info on

    • Lill

      Ummm..
      Sorry but your info is wrong ‘Variety’ already reported that Melissa Leo passed on the offer. Even her Rep confirmed it already.

      • Gina

        Passed on the role or didn’t get it? I read that her representation was told she didn’t get the role. Either way, I think it’s for the best. As much as I love Melissa Leo, and I do, they’d have to age her up A LOT and I would be super peeved if the decided to age Mags down instead. I think her being 80 years old is important to the character and the relationship she has with Finnick.

      • S0phiaxoxoPEETA

        WAT A REP???????????????????

    • Laine

      But remember, IMDB is kinda like Wikipedia in that almost anyone can go on the site and change things. This is, in fact, the same site that had three potential Johanna’s up (granted one of them was Jena Malone, but that’s not the point) at the same time and none of them said “rumored” next to them. IMDB has a tendency to jump the gun and put people up without official cast releases to back them up.

  • S0phiaxoxoPEETA

    betty white shes old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XD

  • Biggest Hunger Games Fan

    You guys know that Melissa Leo is playing Mags right?

    • Anonymous

      are you going by imdb? If so, see conversation above. if not, where did you find this information?

    • S0phiaxoxoPEETA

      see someone else is with me!!!!!!!!!!

    • Lill

      No she is not .

  • wolf

    Tony Shalhoub is very talented. I think he could pull it off. He was in
    Men in Black as the alien that could have his head blown off just to grow back.
    I didn’t even know it was him until the credits rolled. I have been impressed
    with him since especially when you compare it to Monk

    ps I can’t wait to see Finnick in the flesh no matter who they choose!
    and imdb must have updated thier info because Melissa Leo did say Mags now it is gone and Tony S. has rumored after Beetee’s name and it wasn’t there a coupld of weeks ago.

  • BAT

    I LOVED Tony as Monk!!! He can definately pull off Beetee!

  • kayla44445

    sam claffin is not tall enough muscular enough or blond enough to play finnick.

  • JJ

    No. District 4 would make you tan. And he has curly brown hair, That is natural like me.

  • Pixie*n*Dixie

    I heard the actress from SATC “Magda” (Miranda’s Nanny) got the Mags role. She would be absolutely perfect for nutty Mags

  • mitch
  • Hector Boyle

    Off topic but Gillian Anderson MUST play President Coin!

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