Last week, EW has tossed Jena Malone into the Johanna Mason casting rumors mix and now The Hollywood Report (THR) has claimed that Lionsgate has offered the role to the Sucker Punch and Saved actress. On the other hand, Deadline has reported that Zoe Aggeliki is the front runner for the coveted role. Well, Lionsgate has not released any official announcements yet so that means we can still assume that any roles, either for Johanna or not, would still be considered open. For me, if Jena Malone would be cast as Johanna Mason, apart from the fact that they have the same initials (LOL), I think she can be great. She can definitely act and I guess she can be a weakling but at the same she can kill any tributes without blinking. Anyway, here is THR's statement about the news:
The Sucker Punch actress is in talks to play snide tribute Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, a key role that will be reprised in the trilogy’s third installment, Mockingjay.
Malone has the offer and is in early negotiations for the part, according to sources. The move nixes premature reports that pegged newbie actress-model Zoe Aggeliki as the front-runner to play the ax-wielding former Hunger Games winner from District 7, who aligns with Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) in their return to the arena for an all-star death match.
The role requires a mix of wit and physicality. Although Mason enjoys some of the best one-liners in the Suzanne Collins novel, her first appearance finds her stripping out of her tribute costume in an effort to make Katniss uncomfortable.
The movie is heading for a late-September start with director Francis Lawrence.
Malone, repped by Gersh and Hirsch Wallerstein, most recently appeared in History’s hit miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.
You should see this video if you think Jena Malone can't be as tough as Johanna Mason. It shows clips from her role as Rocket in Sucker Punch.
The video below can show the weak or the fragile side of Jena Malone in Saved, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The Go-Getter, Four Last Songs, The United States of Leland, Confessions of an American Girl.
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