I admit I was pulling for Lyndsy to get the role, mostly because she's who I've been picturing when reading to novel. I don't really have a comment on Jennifer Lawrence because I haven't seen Winter's Bone yet (though it is definitely on my list of things to watch).
But thinking back, when I was reading the book, I definitely envisioned Katniss as white mainly because her mother and sister were blonde, which means to both sides of her family would need genes for blond hair (aka definitely at least partially Caucasian on both sides).
And in the end, I'm going to go with the author's vision of her main character, so if Collins approves, I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best.
(Though it's strange that Lyndsy and Kaya were probably front-runners up until the day the Oscar nominee list came out.)
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Date: 2011-03-20 09:48 pm (UTC)But thinking back, when I was reading the book, I definitely envisioned Katniss as white mainly because her mother and sister were blonde, which means to both sides of her family would need genes for blond hair (aka definitely at least partially Caucasian on both sides).
And in the end, I'm going to go with the author's vision of her main character, so if Collins approves, I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best.
(Though it's strange that Lyndsy and Kaya were probably front-runners up until the day the Oscar nominee list came out.)