When you see one of Finnick’s costumes in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, it won’t be as skimpy as was described in the book by Suzanne Collins.
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As if this weekend’s new The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer wasn’t enough, Lionsgate released a new still Monday morning featuring a shirtless Finnick played by Sam Claflin.
Back in May we had learned that Garrett Hedlund was one of several actors being considered for the role of Finnick in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
That rumor is true, and Lionsgate had went so far as to offer him the job.
In reporting the casting of Lynn Cohen to play Mags in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Deadline offered a little background information on why Sam Claflin’s deal for Finnick hasn’t closed yet.
Since the news that Sam Claflin has been cast in Catching Fire as Finnick was announced, people have not been in an uproar over his acting ability, his talent, emotional depth, or his capacity to believably portray a well-known personality. No, instead of caring about something important that could make or break a character, people are complaining about his looks.