Here are 18 Things You Didn’t Know About Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 was release on Friday, November 21st and it is reported that it will be the box office’s number one movie. The Francis Lawrence directed production based on the novel Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins, and the third installment in The Hunger Games film series, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate.
The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. It is the sequel to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and will be followed by the concluding entry, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 continues to follow Katniss Everdeen. After, surviving the Hunger Games twice, Katniss finds herself in District 13. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the Capitol and fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. Principal photography for both parts of the film began on September 23, 2013 in Atlanta, before moving to Paris for two weeks of filming and officially concluding on June 20, 2014 in Berlin.
But, here are 18 things you probably did not know about The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who plays Plutarch Heavensbee, tragically died with one week of filming left. Due to the fact that the majority of his scenes for the final two movies were already filmed, the role was not re-cast, but finished with a combination of re-writes.
2. Kissing Scenes
According to Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence would purposely eat foods with garlic or tuna fish before any kissing scenes between the two.
3. Casting Decisions
Julianne Moore stated that her two children, both fans of the novels, convinced her to sign on for the role of Alma Coin.
4. Singing
Director Francis Lawrence made Jennifer Lawrence sing the lullaby “the hanging tree” that was also in the book, she stated that it was an awful experience.
5. Secret titles
In an attempt to prevent spoilers and keep secrecy, the working title of the project while filming was “Seashore”.
6. Hair Styles
Natalie Dormer actually shaved half of her head when she played the role of Cressida
7. Teamwork
Fourth film to co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore. Both had previously costarred in Boogie Nights (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), and Magnolia (1999).
8. Wigs and hair
Due to Jennifer Lawrence having shorter hair she had to wear a wig for her role of Katniss.
9. Shortest Movie Yet
With the first movie weighing in at 2 hours and 22 minutes and the second at 2 hours and 26 minutes, this is the shortest Hunger Games movie to date with just 2 hours and 3 minutes of running time.
10. Hardcore stunts
Liam Hemsworth told EM he had a hairline fracture between his ankle joints during filming. “I heard a big crack and just went down.”
11. Contact lenses
Apart from the wig, Julianne Moore also wore dark contact lenses for her role as President Alma Coin in Mockingjay.
12. New Characters
This film features the introduction of over 10 new characters.
13. Release dates
The second part of this movie is set to come out almost exactly a year after this one was released.
15. Something was different
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson stated in an interview that filming this Hunger Games film was different from the first two.
16. No Competitive Games
This is the first film in the Hunger Games series to not feature an actual competitive games.
17. Effie Trinket
Although the character of Effie Trinket only appears briefly at the end of the novel, her role has been expanded in the films. Reportedly, after seeing Catching Fire, author Suzanne Collins called director Francis Lawrence and said, “There’s no way Effie Trinket cannot be in the Mockingjay films.”
18. Choking
Filming in the sewage pipes, Jennifer Lawrence reportedly had a choking fit on the dry ice/smoke used in the scene.
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