I'd have been thrilled if Lyndsy got the role, but I'm happy with Lawrence as well. People seem to either really like or really hate Winter's Bone, but once you watch it I think you'll see why Lawrence has got so much buzz, and why she's an exciting choice for Katniss. Just like how seeing Lyndsy as Alex on Nikita made me think she'd do a great job as Katniss too.
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
I'm with ya on that. Until I started hearing the race!wank, it honestly never occurred to me that Katniss could be read as mixed-race. The olive-skinned description made me think of someone vaguely Mediterranean looking, like Mila Kunis (though I know she's Eastern European), basically a tan white person.
I've basically come to think that the race!wank isn't even really about Hunger Games. It's about people (rightly) being upset that it's really hard for minority actors to get good work or to see minorities represented on screen, and people are just talking their frustration out on this film even though the argument is pretty tenuous.
Though it's strange that Lyndsy and Kaya were probably front-runners up until the day the Oscar nominee list came out
The Oscar nominations definitely shot Lawrence and Steinfeld up to the top of the list. But I don't really have a problem with them shooting to the top of casting director's lists because of that. People are reacting like it was Miley Cyrus who got cast, like Lawrence is some basic bitch that gets work because people know her name now, but Lawrence can actually act, really well. So well she was nominated for an Oscar, which is why people now know her name.
It sucks that someone with less buzz around them like Fonseca probably dropped down on the list because of the Oscar nominees, but the film certainly won't suffer from Lawrence being cast.
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Date: 2011-03-20 11:29 pm (UTC)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
I'm with ya on that. Until I started hearing the race!wank, it honestly never occurred to me that Katniss could be read as mixed-race. The olive-skinned description made me think of someone vaguely Mediterranean looking, like Mila Kunis (though I know she's Eastern European), basically a tan white person.
I've basically come to think that the race!wank isn't even really about Hunger Games. It's about people (rightly) being upset that it's really hard for minority actors to get good work or to see minorities represented on screen, and people are just talking their frustration out on this film even though the argument is pretty tenuous.
Though it's strange that Lyndsy and Kaya were probably front-runners up until the day the Oscar nominee list came out
The Oscar nominations definitely shot Lawrence and Steinfeld up to the top of the list. But I don't really have a problem with them shooting to the top of casting director's lists because of that. People are reacting like it was Miley Cyrus who got cast, like Lawrence is some basic bitch that gets work because people know her name now, but Lawrence can actually act, really well. So well she was nominated for an Oscar, which is why people now know her name.
It sucks that someone with less buzz around them like Fonseca probably dropped down on the list because of the Oscar nominees, but the film certainly won't suffer from Lawrence being cast.