Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Jena Malone in the running for role in "Catching Fire"

Actress Jena Malone (Sucker Punch) is in the running for the pivotal role of strong-willed tribute Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
The character is described by author Suzanne Collins’ bestseller as possessing “a wicked ability to murder,” winning her Hunger Games by pretending to be weak and then picking off the other tributes. One open question about the character is whether director Francis Lawrence will keep Johanna’s introduction from the book, in which she first meets heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) naked....save for her green slippers.

Malone began her acting career at 12 years old in the acclaimed Showtime movie "Bastard out of Carolina" and as a young Jodie Foster in the sci-fi drama Contact. She has also starred in other great films such as Sucker Punch, Into the Wile, The Soloist, The Ruins, Donnie Darko, Cold Mountain, For the Love of the Game, and  Life as a House. She most recently appeared in History’s ratings-record-breaking miniseries Hatfields & McCoys with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton.

-Brian Lansangan
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