{"id":1500,"date":"2025-07-28T16:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=503395"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"side-by-side-pics-of-the-new-and-old-hunger-games-actors-prove-how-perfect-the-casting-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/07\/28\/side-by-side-pics-of-the-new-and-old-hunger-games-actors-prove-how-perfect-the-casting-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Side by side pics of the new and old Hunger Games actors prove how perfect the casting is"},"content":{"rendered":"

There seems to be a new Hunger Games casting announcement pretty much every other day. Honestly, I’m starting to lose track. The casting is so spot on – loads of the new cast members look virtually identical to the actors who played the same characters in the original The Hunger Games trilogy. Here’s some side by side pics of the old and new Hunger Games cast, as evidence the casting is perfect and you should be excited for this film, like, immediately.<\/p>\n

Burdock Everdeen<\/strong><\/h2>\n

That’s Katniss and Prim’s dad, who died in a mining accident before the original books (and films) begin. He only appears in the films during a brief flashback, plus his family keeps a photo of him.<\/p>\n

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In Sunrise on the Reaping, he will be portrayed by a Scottish actor called Scot Greenan. He had small parts in Mary Queen of Scots and Trainspotting 2.<\/p>\n

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