The Hunger Games (2012) is an action packed Sci-fi/thriller movie directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel written by Suzanne Collins. The movie stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley and Elizabeth Banks in the lead roles.
The Hunger Games (2012) tells the brave story of Katniss Everdeen, who voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place in the Hunger Games. Hunger games is a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of nation Panem are chosen at random to compete.
The movie was an instant blockbuster at box-office and also won several awards including a nomination of Golden Globe Award. Let’s see the interesting facts and details about movie The Hunger Games (2012).
The Hunger Games 2012 movie poster
16. Lead actress Jennifer Lawrence was paid her highest fee of that time $500,000. For the next sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), she was paid $10 million which was 20 times more than the initial offer.
Jennifer Lawrence
15. Actor Woody Harrelson is a vegetarian in real life. In scenes where his character Haymitch is seen eating, he eats either dessert or vegetables, or just drinks.
Woody Harrelson as Haymitch
14. Actors Liam Hemsworth and Jennifer Lawrence are both natural blondes. They dyed their hair brown for their roles in the film while Josh Hutcherson is naturally dark-haired. He dyed his hair blonde for his role in The Hunger Games (2012).
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson
12. The Hunger Games (2012) is the first film in Hollywood to not be released by a big six studio (Fox, Disney, Paramount, WB, Columbia or Universal) and to gross over $400 million in the United States.
The Hunger Games 2012
11. The fictional nation in The Hunger Games (2012) is called Panem. This is derived from "Panem et Circenses," or "Bread and Circuses,". This comes from the latter days of the Roman Empire, in which the government would keep the masses satisfied not by performing their public services well, but by providing violent and deadly entertainments for the people to watch.
Nation Panem and it’s districts
10. In the Extras on the 2 DVD edition of The Hunger Games (2012), Director Gary Ross explains, "We were under tremendous financial pressure for this movie. It's under 80 million dollars, and it's a really really big movie. Other blockbusters cost twice or three times as much."
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