THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (2013): Sam Claflin is Finnick Odair

Sam Claflin cast in The Hunger Games Catching Fire. The casting of Sam Claflin in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) answers the question of who will play Finnick Odair in the Francis Lawrence directed film.

On the role of Finnick Odair:

Charasmatic and clever, Finnick was a District 4 Hunger Games victor when he was fourteen.

How Finnick Odair fits into the sequel and where the sequel picks up:

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire also stars Lynn Cohen, Maria Howell, Jennifer Lawrence, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tony Shalhoub, Amanda Plummer, Stanley Tucci, Willow Shields, Donald Sutherland, Toby Jones, and Lenny Kravitz.

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