before the hunger games went to the
silver screen it was a series of
dystopian novels the films were
impressive but the makeup and casting
departments took some liberties when
creating on-screen versions of the
characters here's what the characters
should have looked like based on the
books
katniss everdeen is the heroine of the
hunger games series she volunteers as
the female tribute from her district to
save her younger sister then goes on to
win the event and eventually take down
the corrupt system of power she was
played by jennifer lawrence in the
movies and for the most part she looked
pretty similar to the descriptions in
the books according to the novels
katniss had black hair gray eyes and
olive skin a coloring she described as
the quote seam look in the film lawrence
had dark brown hair but the eyes and
skin were pretty spot on one obvious
difference was that the book version of
katniss was described as being notably
gaunt after all she grew up in district
12 where food and money were scarce it
turns out lawrence was asked to lose
weight for the film but she refused she
told scifi now i was like we have
control over this image we have control
over this role model why would we make
her something unobtainable and thin
despite these little differences it's
safe to say that fans of the series
could not have asked for a better actor
to take on the role
gail hawthorne is katniss's first love
and longtime friend in the movies he was
played by liam hemsworth and you
couldn't really ask for more handsome
actor however the books describe gale as
being even more dreamy than hemsworth if
that were possible he was described as
quote too handsome too male and not the
least bit willing to smile and play nice
for the cameras gail is also described
as having dark hair and gray eyes in
fact gail and katniss are said to quote
resemble each other in the books gail is
said to be a staggering six foot three
inches tall and we think he may have
been a little pale in the movies based
on the book's description and his hair
may have been a shade too light but
other than that hemsworth pretty much
fulfills the hunk-like description of
the books
peta malarke was the male tribute from
district 12 he and katniss pretend to
have a love affair to gain sympathy from
the crowd and eventually fall in love in
real life too a volunteer's tribute
in collins book peta is described as
having blue eyes and being of quote
medium height with a stocky build and
having ashy blonde hair that falls in
waves over his forehead looking at josh
hutcherson who played peta in the films
he looks pretty close to the original
descriptions of the character he has the
right build and the right hair color
however in the films peta had brown eyes
and a much shorter swept back hairstyle
as it turns out hutcherson would have
changed even more about his look if he'd
had the chance he told cinemablend that
the blonde hair ended up being pretty
annoying saying having to do touch-ups
all the time and get my hair re-dyed in
bleach was not my thing at all
the hunger games would not have been
complete without the amazing effie
trinket this absurd character embraces
the opulent bizarre style trends of the
capital she wears ridiculous wigs paints
her face and dresses up in some truly
avant-garde outfits in the books effie
is described as having a quote scary
white grin pinkish hair and a spring
green suit at one point katniss notes
her pink hair must be a wig because her
curls have shifted slightly off center
pita malarke
in the movies the makeup and costume
department took this description as
inspiration and ran with it while some
of the details may have been a little
off they definitely captured the spirit
of the character as makeup artist v neal
told academy art news we wanted her
looks to be out of the norm avant-garde
high fashion makeup some were very
deconstructed some were just bizarre
looking i just wanted them to be
creative and fun and really think out of
the box
hey mitch abernathy is an old winner of
the hunger games from district 12 who is
assigned as katniss and peta's mentor
give me a chance to wake up sweetheart
this mentoring is very
taxing stuff in the book he is quote a
paunchy middle-aged man who is often
drunk the books also hinted that
haymitch had been quite good-looking in
his youth and that he had dark curly
hair and the same gray eyes as katniss
and gayle in the movies haymitch was
portrayed by woody harrelson it's clear
that with this character the makeup
designers took some liberties in the
movies haymitch had straight light
blonde hair and blue eyes looking a
little more like peta than katniss or
gayle however the team certainly
captured the drunken disheveled look
that was conveyed in the books though he
could have been more punchy
cinna is katniss and peta's stylist his
defining feature in the books is his
quote normal appearance compared to the
others in the capital katniss describes
him as having quote close cropped hair
that looks to be its natural shade of
brown the only artificial part of his
appearance is quote metallic gold
eyeliner that has been applied with a
light hand
remember i'm still betting on you girl
on fire katniss notes it brings out the
flecks of gold in his green eyes in the
films cinna is played by lenny kravitz
cinna looked pretty much perfect thanks
to the shimmering gold dash of eyeliner
apparently kravitz loved the look unlike
the book description the film version of
cinna had dark brown eyes rather than
green eyes additionally he's younger in
the books than kravitz
primrose everdeen is katniss's younger
sister she is initially selected as the
tribute for district 12 but katniss
offers to go in her place
i volunteer as tribute
in the book primrose doesn't have the
look that katniss and gale share as
katniss says in her narration my mother
and prim with their light hair and blue
eyes always look out of place
overall the movies captured primrose
pretty well played by willow shields
primrose was truly as lovely as the
primrose in the books however unlike the
book version the movie version of
primrose had brown eyes and sandy blonde
hair
joanna mason is the district 7 tribute
who returns for the second installment
in the hunger games series in the book
joanna is depicted as being deceptively
strong but able to pretend to be meek
she has quote spiky hair and wide set
brown eyes in the movie joanna mason is
played by jenna malone while the actress
certainly captures the character's
personality the production team went in
a different direction for her hair in
the movie it was shoulder length and
straight rather than spiky malone's
natural personality more than made up
for these physical differences as she
told marie claire i think i have the
same kind of fierceness and my character
joanna when it comes to protecting my
family she's got some deep-rooted issues
but i love her strength and humor
finnick o'dare is another winner of the
hunger games who returns to compete
again in the second installment in his
first appearance he is described as
being quote the handsome bronze-haired
guy from district 4. he is also said to
have famous sea green eyes katniss even
notes at one point i can't argue that
finnick isn't one of the most stunning
sensuous people on the planet
do you want a sugar cube
in the movies the handsome finnick was
played by sam claflin we have to admit
it's pretty good casting claflin like
finnick is certainly stunning with his
sculpted well-proportioned features
unlike finnick claflin has blonde rather
than bronze hair he also had deep blue
eyes in the movie rather than green
president snow was the main villain in
the hunger games series he ruled over
all of the districts and orchestrated
the hunger games
we'll turn their advance into a
celebration of suffering
in the books he is described as being a
quote small white-haired man with
snake-like eyes and puffy lips in the
movies the character was played by
donald sutherland for the most part
sutherland looked pretty similar to the
book's description he had the white hair
and he was fairly small however we think
the team could have done a better job on
his eyes and lips as it turns out the
makeup team tried out other looks but
decided on this one in the end as makeup
artist v neil explained i sat and worked
with him an entire day and after we
tried all of these things on him i said
you know what donald what if we just
make your eyebrows white all white to
match your hair and i said and make you
really kind of you know really jolly
looking almost like santa claus
president coin is a character from
district 13 who ultimately takes over
for president snow and becomes another
autocratic villain in the books she's
described as being around 50 years old
with quote gray hair that falls in an
unbroken sheet to her shoulders and gray
eyes as katniss says they're very pale
as if almost all of the color has been
sucked away the color of slush that you
wish would melt away actress julian
moore looked pretty close to this
description especially when it came to
her hair however we think they could
have highlighted the gray in her eyes
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