Woody Harrelson has landed the latest co-starring role in Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games, the adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel that will be released March 23, 2012. He will play Haymitch Abernathy, the mentor of the lead character Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who Abernathy trains to fight in a televised battle to the death among teen teams. Wes Bentley and Stanley Tucci are among the adults already cast.
Woody Harrelson Joins ‘Hunger Games’
By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 10, 2011 @ 5:02pm PDTTags: Lionsgate, The Hunger Games
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i am not sure i like it… maybe he will grow on me like j.law did
Awesome casting for the role. Now waiting on for President Snow to be casted. I’m hoping for Malcolm McDowell, but he maybe too old.
the Haymitch character will be one of the tougher ones to play, I would think – because he’s written as somewhat ridiculous but from a child/teen’s perspective…and her understanding of him grows through the book — will he be more sad or ridiculous and how to transition?
He seems like a weird choice, but at least he is an actor with range.
my son finally convinced me to read these books and i am on the last one now, and i have been reading them w/ harrelson in mind since his name was mentioned last week as a possible haymitch. with his range i think he will be a fantastic addition.
One of my favorite casting along with Jennifer,Elizabeth,and Stanley.Now they just need Lenny Kravitz and Stephanie Hunt into it as the prep team.Possible Ian Somerhalder as Cinna would be good but no matter on that cast.
Good choice. Woody can act!