Suzanne Collins, Gary Ross & Nina Jacobsson talar om Peeta & Gale.

Jag tror inte att jag är den enda som har märkt att många är missnöjda med valet av vilka som ska spela Peeta och Gale, speciellt på twitter har det haglat in kommentarer om hur Josh och Liam inte passar alls. Nu har Suzanne, Gary och Nina kommenterat detta, om varför de valde Josh och Liam.

“When I read the book, I thought Peeta would be the hardest role to cast, and I feel so lucky that we found someone who embodies every aspect of such a complex character. I can’t wait to work with Josh.”

- The Hunger Games director Gary Ross

“I was fortunate enough to be in the room with Gary Ross when Josh came in to audition. Three lines into the read I knew he’d be fantastic. Josh totally captured Peeta’s temperament, his sense of humor and his facility for language. I’m thrilled to have him aboard.”

- The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins

“Gale is a young man who uses words very sparingly, so the onus was on the actor we cast to capture him by showing, not telling. This was accomplished so beautifully in Suzanne’s writing, and Liam was able to translate it so naturally to the screen. At the same time, Gale’s journey across the three books transforms him, and Liam’s performance left no doubt that he would take us there. ”

-The Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson

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Suzanne Collins om Jennifer Lawrence!

Många tvivlar på att Jennifer Lawrence kommer klara av att spela Katniss. Nu har Suzanne Collins gått ut och talat om för alla oss fans varför Jennifer är Katniss. Själv litar jag på att Suzanne vet vad hon gör. Det är hon som har skrivit böckerna och manuset, hon om någon vet vem Katniss är. Det handlar inte bara om utseende utan också om Jennifers talang. Jag tvivlade lite i början men efter att jag läst vad Suzanne skrivit finns det ingenting att tvivla på längre och jag hoppas att många andra fans känner lika dant!
Här är Suzannes uttalande!

Dear Readers,

We have found Katniss.

As the author, I went into the casting process with a certain degree of trepidation. Believing your heroine can make the leap from the relative safety of the page to the flesh and bones reality of the screen is something of a creative act of faith. But after watching dozens of auditions by a group of very fine young actresses, I felt there was only one who truly captured the character I wrote in the book.  And I’m thrilled to say that Jennifer Lawrence has accepted the role.

In her remarkable audition piece, I watched Jennifer embody every essential quality necessary to play Katniss. I saw a girl who has the potential rage to send an arrow into the Gamemakers and the protectiveness to make Rue her ally. Who has conquered both Peeta and Gale’s hearts even though she’s done her best to wall herself off emotionally from anything that would lead to romance. Most of all, I believed that this was a girl who could hold out that handful of berries and incite the beaten down districts of Panem to rebel. I think that was the essential question for me. Could she believably inspire a rebellion? Did she project the strength, defiance and intellect you would need to follow her into certain war? For me, she did.

Jennifer’s just an incredible actress. So powerful, vulnerable, beautiful, unforgiving and brave. I never thought we’d find somebody this amazing for the role. And I can’t wait for everyone to see her play it.

Thank you all for sharing in this journey and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Love,
Suzanne Collins

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Catching Fire ligger etta på Teens' Top Ten 2010

Teens' Top Ten 2010 är typ en lista där ungdomar i USA röstar på sin favoritbok! Catching Fire (Fatta eld) kom på första plats! Härligt!

More than 8,000 teens voted in the 2010 Teens' Top Ten, with Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins topping the list.

The Teens' Top Ten 2010 is:

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

2. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

3. Heist Society by Ally Carter

4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

5. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

6. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

7. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

8. If I Stay by Gayle Forman

9. Fire by Kristin Cashore

10. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country

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"Han är den rätta"

Collins tycker att Gary Ross skulle passa perfekt som regissör för Hungergames filmen efter att ha pratat med honom i telefon.

"Suzanne said she thought Gary Ross (rumored to be the likely director for The Hunger Games) was a great guy after having had a phone conversation with him. She also said from the indications she’s been receiving from Lionsgate and the producers, he’s “the one.”
Thus far, Suzanne said she has submitted two draft screenplays to Lionsgate, and they also have a screenwriter (Billy Ray) working on rewrites. She also said that since she wrote the books, she’d prefer to let someone else do the screenplay! However, she’s been very involved in the whole process, and they are working hard to be true to the book, although its extremely hard to condense nearly 400 pages into 2 hours of film."

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Suzanne Collins svarar på fem frågor!

För en-två veckor sedan la Scholastic upp denna video med författaren Suzanne Collins och hon svarar på fem intressanta frågor!



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Suzanne Collins läser första kapitlet av Mockingjay

Om ni ännu inte har fått tag i Mockingjay, eller om ni bara vill höra igen... Lyssna här på författare Suzanne Collins som läser upp första kapitlet av Mockingjay, senaste boken. Lyssna eller vänta på boken, det är upp till er! Detta är uppenbarligen en spoiler-varning, för de som inte vill veta ännu!




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