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The Great Hunger

Only 19, The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson is set for a very bright future, and he’s loving every minute of it. He tells Roe McDermott about crazy fan-girls, his crush on Jennifer Lawrence and why he’s still bitter he’s not Spiderman…

Roe McDermott, 26 Mar 2012

Though it wasn’t until the past couple of years that Josh Hutcherson entered the mainstream consciousness with films like Bridge To Terebithia, Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, The Kids Are Alright and now the eagerly-anticipated The Hunger Games, it was neither a quick nor flukey road to success for the 19-year-old star. At the age of nine, he was already so determined to be famous that he convinced his parents to move to California so he could pursue his dream. He really must have been one stubborn little git.

“I was,” he laughs. “I’m an all-or-nothing person, so thankfully in that situation it worked out for me. But yeah, I’ve been passionate about this since I was nine years old, so I’ve been working my ass off for the past ten years.”

Not that he’s complaining.

“It’s crazy, people do ask me if I feel like I’ve missed out on a ‘normal life’, and I’ve just grown to hate the word ‘normal’ – though I’m not sure if I hate it because I never got to have it or if it’s because I always wanted to be anything but that. But I’ve had so many cool experiences, travelling the world and acting, so I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

And his determination played a huge part in landing the much-coveted role of Peeta in the sci-fi action adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, as he fought hard for the part.

“I made it through the three books in a week, I was obsessed with them and loved Peeta, I was going to die if I didn’t get that part!”

Set in a futuristic, totalitarian America – now called Panem – where teenagers from each district compete in to-the-death battles in order to win lifelong food and security, The Hunger Games is an action-packed, dystopian drama. But at the centre of the film lies not violence, but a love triangle involving the stubborn Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), and the two boys eager to win her love; her friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and the rich but romantic Peeta (Hutcherson). The latter admits that pretending to love the lovely Oscar-nominated actress wasn’t difficult.



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