The Hunger Games - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Hunger Games or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Hunger Games

[ken]

The death order is different in the books and films. The girl from District 4 dies in the bloodbath in the film, but dies just before Glimmer by the tracker jackers in the book. Foxface dies before Thresh in the movie, while in the book, she dies after him. Also, Thresh and Clove's deaths are different. In the book, it is implied that Cato kills Thresh, but in the film, it's implied that the mutts kill Thresh. Clove's skull gets crushed by a rock in the book. However, in the movie, Thresh shoves her against the cornucopia, which crushes her skull.

[kenzi]

Second unit director Steven Soderbergh shot much of the District 11 riot scenes.

[ivan]

Jennifer Lawrence was initially concerned that she was too old (22) and too blonde for 16-year-old brunette Katniss. She felt better after Suzanne Collins assured her that she could do the role.

[chris]

Panem is located in a post-apocalyptic North America whose land mass has been reduced by rising sea levels. It is generally agreed that the Capitol is in the Rocky Mountains, possibly Colorado, and that the District 12 town where Katniss grew up is somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, possibly Kentucky or West Virginia.

[nina]

Jennifer Lawrence was paid what was, for her, the high fee of $500,000. It took her three days before she accepted the role because she was unsure how the role would clearly affect her career, since her background was largely on the indie film circuit. For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), she was paid $10 million, twenty times more than the initial offer.

[kyle]

The Reaping scene was shot in extreme heat, so the main actors and actresses got to escape to their trailers, while the extras were left to sit in the heat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Elizabeth Banks felt so bad about it they gave free autographs to anyone who wanted one.

[jim]

Gary Ross wanted to make this movie after noticing his twin children were fans of the books. However, he was unaware that producer Nina Jacobson had already secured the rights. Suzanne Collins' novels were discovered by co-producer Bryan Unkeless, who then recommended them to Jacobson.

[sandra]

Both of the tributes from district 1 (Glimmer and Marvel) are killed by Katniss.

[victoria]

Co-writer and director Gary Ross has stated that his decision to go with shaky cam work "had a lot to do with the urgency of what's going on and to reflect Katniss' point of view." He also mentioned that he wanted to avoid a polished, static camera look at all costs, since that would reduce the violence to mere entertainment and be completely contrary to the movie's intention.

[fred]

Donald Sutherland saw the script by accident and, when he read it, lobbied for the role of President Snow because the script reminded him of Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957). He succeeded in getting the role after he wrote a letter of plea to Gary Ross explaining why he should be cast.

[elmer]

There was a swear jar on the set. Co-writer and director Gary Ross said that half of it was contributed by Jennifer Lawrence.

[camila]

Chris Massoglia, David Henrie, Robbie Amell, and Drew Roy were considered to play Gale.

[jesus]

The film was released twenty-five years after another film set in a totalitarian society and is about a televised violent game, The Running Man (1987).

[miriam]

This film reunites co-writer and director Gary Ross with Elizabeth Banks from Seabiscuit (2003).

[edgar]

Elizabeth Banks spent forty-five minutes every day getting a manicure.

[harry]

The word "Capitol" comes from Latin and is associated with the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome. In reviewing Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant plan for the Capitol Building in Washington DC, Thomas Jefferson insisted on the name Capitol rather than Congress House because of the classical nature of the name.

[cassandra]

Emma Roberts, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mary Mouser, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jodelle Ferland, Saoirse Ronan, Kaya Scodelario, Emily Browning, Brie Larson, and Shailene Woodley were considered to play Katniss.

[jessie]

The first name of the main character, Katniss Everdeen, is derived from the name of a group of edible plant species, genus "Sagittaria", commonly known as "arrowhead". This is a reference to the character's archery skills. Her surname is a reference to Bathsheba Everdene, who is the lead female character in Thomas Hardy's novel "Far from the Madding Crowd". Suzanne Collins, who wrote the novel on which this movie is based, said "The two are very different, but both struggle with knowing their hearts."