How Old The Hunger Games Cast Was Compared To Their Characters

The Hunger Games premiered in 2012 and kicked off one of the most popular movie franchises based on a book series since Harry Potter and Twilight. The dystopian action movie was adapted from the first novel in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games trilogy and helped launch the film career of future Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence. Other cast members included Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Lenny Kravitz, and many other talented actors. The film revolves around a post-apocalyptic nation called Panem that is led by the tyrannical and cruel Capitol, and audiences everywhere were hooked on the movie’s unique and complex story.