“She’s become a little bit older and more sophisticated,” Willow said of her character, who’s evolution from innocent girl to reluctant revolutionary is a key point in the books. “But she’s still Prim, which is good!”
She explained, “I’m growing up with that character. I’m almost 13 now, and she’s growing up too, so it works.”
BEST ACTRESS presented by Citroen
Presenting this next one is a man who recently ventured into A Field In England with Ben Wheatley – so he’s a braver man than we are – and survived to take a crack at playing Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who story An Adventure In Space And Time. It’s Reece Shearsmith! “Being an actress myself, I know how much it means to win this. I have a little anecdote here I’d like to share with you – if you could just pass that around [goes down to give a piece of paper to an audience member]“
And the winner is JENNIFER LAWRENCE for The Hunger Games rather than Silver Linings Playbook (or SILVER LININGS (playbook) here in the UK), because Empire voters don’t get freaked out by genre movies. She can’t be with us tonight because she’s still hunger gaming somewhere. That, or she tripped on the way to the red carpet and hasn’t gotten up yet. Either way, may the odds be ever in her favour. And she has sent a message, which Shearsmith reads.
“Hi Empire awards, I’m really sorry I can’t be there. I’d like to thank the Empire readers for voting for me. I loved playing Catnip – is that right?” asks Shearsmith. “I’ll make sure she gets this award… I won’t really.”
What did you see?
I have not seen … I’ve seen a trailer … maybe. MAYBE, MAYBE! [Laughs] Maybe I shouldn’t have said that. I’m very very proud of this. It’s one of the things I’m really excited to share with the world! It’s a fantastic feat, I think. Francis Lawrence is truly a wonderful director. So to have his touch on this franchise is a great thing.
What can you say Finnick?
Finnick is a very complex character. From people who have read the books, they’ll know that he has his ups and downs. He’s very much in love with Annie Cresta – this girl who goes crazy from his district. He gets put into the games to protect and preserve Katniss and her reputation. That’s pretty much my role, I’m the good guy.
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| 5. Josh Hutcherson as Peeta |
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| 6. Liam Hemsworth as Gale |
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| 7. Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair |
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| Amandla, Willow, and Alex |
“Um, seriously, I have had a meeting about being in The Hunger Games,” Rebel said, adding, “It was one of the people in the capitol.”The question was brought up when she expressed her admiration to Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, who plays Katniss in The Hunger Games franchise.
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She’s one of the most energetic, fun-loving people I’ve ever met. Working with her on set is just easy because she’s so good and she’s just won all these huge awards so congratulations to her for that. She’s amazing.”
“My character [Gale] gets whipped in this one. So I spent a couple of days on my knees getting whipped, which was pretty horrific.”
“There’s a whole lot of great stuff in ‘Catching Fire.’ The characters are developing more; (director) Francis Lawrence had a whole new take on it.”
"Katniss’ white gown is by a designer named Tex Saverio in Jakarta. He is amazing! I found his designs quite some time ago and saved his information for a perfectly fitting project, then came Catching Fire – perfect!" she said.
“We did several Skype calls with sketches to work together in designing the wedding dress. I had seen a dress he designed with a similar metal bodice, and I wanted to incorporate it into our wedding-dress design," Summerville adds.
She also pointed out the bodice, a Swarovski-crystal-clad “organza corset under a metal cage." The metal pieces rising up are meant to signify fire and flames, while layers of laser-cut feathers at the waist and shoulder tie in the film's "Mockingjay" concept.
The skirt also has numerous layers of organza and chiffon ruffles giving it grandness but still making it seem airy and fluid for movement. As Summerville explains, "This is very important for the twirling/ spinning Katniss does onstage, per Caesar Flickerman's request."
On Effie's dress:
Summerville confirms that Effie Trinket's red ruffled poster dress and matching shoes are indeed from the house of Alexander McQueen, as THR had reported.
On Peeta's costume and boots:
she also reveals that Peeta’s suit is by a Korean designer that she is "obsessed with" called Juunj. "He is unbelievably talented," she writes. "And Peeta’s boots are by Rick Owens. “
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| Jena Malone as Johanna Mason |
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| Jeffrey Wright as Beetee |
"I auditioned for Hunger Games… Not for Katniss, but for a character in the second book that I loved," she revealed. "I read the books in three days, and cried. I worshipped the books. I was like, 'I wanna be in the movie, I wanna do it'."
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| Brooklyn Decker |
