HUNGER GAMES mania knows no bounds. A few days ago, Jared presented you with yet another list of newly added young actors for the Gary Ross film, which evidently has about 8,298 characters in it (maybe a slight exaggeration). Jared warned you that there’d be more casting news coming soon, and the man was right on point!
Today we learn that Stanley Tucci (THE LOVELY BONES) has joined the film in the role of Caesar Flickerman. Who is Caesar?
Caesar Flickerman is utterly familiar to all the citizens of Panem as the l host of the Hunger Games. Known for his outrageous appearance and buoyant personality, his upbeat interviews of the 24 tributes – a boy and a girl from each of the country’s 12 districts – are presented on every television in the nation. He is famous for turning any conversation around to the positive and finding humor in even the most dire circumstances.
Sounds like a role very well suited to Tucci’s talents. The actor joins Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Paula Malcolmson, Willow Shields and Wes Bentley (and a host of teen unknowns) in THE HUNGER GAMES, which is due to hit theaters on MARCH 23, 2012.
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.
Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Jennifer Lawrence