Jennifer Lawrence, 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Movie News: Stars Talk What Didn't Work in First Film [VIDEO]
With the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire just under two months away, the film's stars have revealed some things they didn't like about the first film in the franchise.
Jennifer Lawrenc, who plays Katniss Everdeen, told Entertainment Weekly on location that "the mutts" that were unleashed into the Hunger Games arena at the end of 2012's The Hunger Games should have been done better.
Josh Hutcherson, who stars as Peeta Mellark, agreed with Lawrence's comments on the CGI beasts: "Oh yeah, that was a tough one to swallow."
Hutcherson also said that the scene in The Hunger Games when Peeta is camouflaging himself on the ground of the arena was laughable.
"The camouflage of Peeta in the book is not funny, but then when you have me with clay on my face, lying there half dead, and I turn my face to the camera - it's so laughable," he said. "It's impossible not to laugh."
Moving forward from these slight missteps, the producers of Catching Fire will be treating its characters with a level of seriousness and respect.
"In every scene we asked ourselves, 'How would these people feel if they came back to the Hunger Games,'" producer Nina Jacobson said. "What happens when you come back from these experiences of war, not what happens in a movie when you've kicked a lot of ass?"
Catching Fire will involve the Capitol announcing the Quarter Quell, a special competition in which all living past victors of previous Hunger Games return to compete against each other. Some notable actors who will have roles in Catching Fire include Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee, and Jeffrey Wright and Jena Malone as past victors Beetee and Johanna Mason.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire News: Final Poster Features Katniss with Bow and Arrow [PHOTO]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will be released in theaters on Nov. 22, 2013.
Watch the latest trailer for the film here:
