The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Producer Says Casting For Finnick Remains Wide Open
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire producer Nina Jacobson is saying that casting for Finnick Odair remains wide open.
LA Times had a chance to interview Nina at the MTV Movie Awards:
“That’s the thing that’s crazy — people are like way ahead of where we are,” Nina Jacobson told us on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday. “We’ve not narrowed things down by any means. It’s funny to see how things can take on a life of their own.”
But are the filmmakers taking fan input into account while seeking out their Finnick? Not entirely, says Jacobson.
“It means something that people can see [an actor] in that light, so you know [the actor] will be accepted by a lot of people, on the one hand,” she said. “On the other hand, you have to kind of ignore it. You have to just sort of act like you’re sitting in a room and you want to just pick the person who gives the best audition and looks and feels most like the part.”
If you don’t find a finnick within a couple weeks I would find the best acting and who looks closest to the part because time is running out and they need to start shooting the movie!