Could You Accept Twilight’s Robert Pattinson As Finnick In Catching Fire?

Nonononono! I even like Pattinson, but he could NOT play Finnick right. He just doesn’t have it in himself to be that kind of character. Nope. Should not happen.

I like RPattz. He’d probably be good at conveying Finnick’s kind of changeable nature. But please no. I’d love to get a boy of color up in here. East Asian would be amazing.

No no no.. nonononono.. no.. noo.. did I say NO yet? RPattz could NOT pull of Finnick!  I agree with you for Justin Hartley tho.. yummy!

Pattinson hated how big Twilight was. I don’t think he would get involved in a franchise like that ever again. 

I pictured Green Arrow when I was reading it too!!! I am not a Pattinson/Twilight fan, but if he does get the role, it would not deter me from seeing the movie.

I think they both would look weird with a tan. just sayin.

Someone on tumblr said she would kill herself if Robert Pattinson was cast. People need to calm down. Robert Pattinson is a good actor (way better than Hartley imo) and Water For Elephants was great so that director-actor match up would be a BONUS from my perspective.

I just threw up a little in my mouth. I thought casting him in Water for Elephants was bad enough, but please don’t ruin this for me too. 

Btw – can he only act in movies that were books first? Harry Potter, Twilight, Water For Elephants… at least it gets the kids reading…

I like R.I.P and all but will he capture the flirty playfulness of Finnick?

Gotta tune in next year to find out.  

No! No! No!!!!! They can’t mess up Finnick! 

In the immortal words of Darth Vader:
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I’m actually down with R-Patz as Finnick. I’m not a fan, but I thought he was appropriately flirty in Twilight and he does have something rather sensual about him. He’s not a horrible actor, you know. I think it would be a bad move for him career wise. Regardless of how you feel about the books- it IS young adult fiction. I think he’s really trying to move into more serious (not that HG isn’t serious) films with a more adult audience (not that you can’t be an adult who reads YA.) He needs to expand his fan base past teenagers and this movie wouldn’t really be the way to do it.

Mmm…I pictured either Kellen Lutz or Trevor Donovan. Both of them have the blonde thing and can handle a tan.

I guess Finnick may be more lithe and they’re bulkier in build, so…

I think it would be a mistake for The Hunger Games to take someone who has embodied such an iconic (for better or worse) role as Edward Cullen, and put him in their movie. I mean, I can’t stop thinking that Cedric Diggory became a vampire, I’m DEFINITELY not going to believe that Edward Cullen won the Hunger Games (he would be far too mopey, and would get taken out early, vampire or not). 

i always pictured finnick as matt bomer or jensen ackles or someone who looks like a combination of the two (i know they’re both a bit too old for the role). i actually like the idea of pattinson in the role, i think he could pull it off. he’s the right age and the right level of prettiness and charisma. seems like everyone is having a meltdown about it though. if he hadn’t been in twilight would people be so vehemently against it? he’s an actor, he is not actually edward cullen, fyi.

I’m with JM Z, “bronze skin” and they need more diversity in the movie in order to represent Panem correctly. Beside Pattinson seems too wiry to portray Finnick. As an east asian myself, East Asian would be awesome!

Justin Hartley is pale-skinned, blonde (not bronze) haired, and brown eyed.  I guess he could get tanned, dyed, and contact lensed, but meh IMO. If you’re also going on acting ability, I wouldn’t cast him for that, either.  

I know it’s cool to hate everything and everyone associated with Twilight, but as you said, Robert Pattinson is more than just that movie.

Then again, this is a tip based on… what?  That the director directed him in another movie? He also directed PS I Love You (uh oh, look out for Gerard Butler as Plutarch!) and Living Out Loud (hey, Queen Latifah would make an awesome Mags, right?).

Pattinson? Eh. Liked him well enough as Cedric Diggory and he is  good looking when he’s not, I dunno, a pale ass vampire. But I can’t see him oozing the “I’m sexy and I know it” vibe that Finnick ought to.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Not him

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I like Robert Pattinson, but he’s no Finnick.  Personally, I pictured Jeremy Sumpter.  He’s got the eyes, he’s got the look, now he just needs to be cast.

Not an RPatz fan anyway, but I always pictured Finnick as being sort of a bronze god… muscular, flowing auburn hair… Sort of like a Chris Hemsworth look-alike, though I wouldn’t necessarily want him cast (just his Thor muscles).  That picture of Justin Hartley is very persuasive though!

(edited for spelling, because I am just *so* awesome at that today)

 Agreed. If you remove RPattz from Twilight, I think he’s actually a fab actor. I can’t help but wonder if some of the backlash is that Hunger Games fans want to remove themselves from the Twilight fandom, because The Hunger Games trilogy is cool right now and Twilight is a joke at the best of times.

It feels very, “Nooo I don’t want them in my fandom!”

“Could you accept Twilight’s Robert Pattinson as Finnick in Catching Fire?”  

No.  Next question?

To all those having meltdowns at the thought of this guy as Finnick, look up the reactions of people when H. Ledger was cast as the Joker. While I can see people wanting someone different due to looks (I was thinking more of a Native American myself) raging because he was Edward isn’t fair to the actor.

Although Mr. Pattinson is not my articular cup of tea, isn’t Finnick supposed to be tan and built?  He doesn’t quite fit the bill at scrawny and pasty.

Ooooh, diverse and sexy! And he has the eyes to pull it off. 

I have no problem with Pattinson, but I don’t picture him as Finnick. I wouldn’t mind him in some other role, but Finnick is close to my heart and I don’t want my image of him dramatically altered (I will accept a little altered, but not too much please).

Noooooo

…. and rawr!

 I was just wondering who would bring up Jesse Williams.

Finnick sounds very mixed in the first place, and they already bungled Katniss by erasing her tan skin and black hair. Don’t do it again, Lionsgate. Please?

Robert Pattinson is such an obvious choice. I can’t say much either way for his acting;  he was acceptable in Harry Potter, he was droll in Twilight (then again, who wasn’t?), and he was all right in Water For Elephants. Haven’t seen Remember Me, but I’m told by more than a few people he did well.

There are so many better choices, though, acting-wise and race-wise. Finnick is many things, including intelligent, suspicious, charming, cocky and brave. Not once have I seen Robert embody complexity like this…and really? ‘Tan skin, bronze hair, green eyes’ = Pattinson?

Someone looking like Joshua Sarrazola, with the acting chops of Garrett Hedlund and Robert Downey Jr., please.

Oh, wait. Just cast Jesse Williams.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (stops to breathe)oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

I don’t think he’d do it. And he’s spent so much time badmouthing the last YA franchise he was in that if I were the casting director, I would pause before considering him.

Whatever merits Twilight may or may not have the fact that he’s constantly bashing it and Stephanie Meyer in public after it got him so much fame and money is off-putting.

(Disclaimer: have only read the 1st book in the trilogy so I don’t know what Finnick is like in the first place but it seems to be fan consensus that he is not white?)

Screw Finnick. Are they recasting Peeta or is it going to be the same funny looking, charisma-lite that blew over Katniss like bad gas from a small dog in the first movie? He was terrible.

I’d be happy to watch Robert Pattinson in a movie I’m not ashamed to have seen.  It would be a nice change.  

Instinctive first response: No. 

Secondary consideration: Casting Robert Pattinson as the fan favorite who plays into the frighteningly enthusiastic fantasies of thousands of viewers though even though that turns out to be pretty soul destroying? Hmm. 

Do Not Want.

I always thought of him as this lean, tanned, ginger (Like Joel McHale’s body when dressed as a goth magician I’m not saying that actor but that’s the type  body I thought of). So honestly nothing is going to make me happy. I’ll just enjoy the movie for what it is but  I love the Finnick in my head.

SIdebar: Have they cast Kristen Bell as Joanna yet? I know she’s desperate for the part, but I kid you not when I started reading her for the first time I was like ‘OH She should be played by Kristen Bell!’

I don’t mind if they add Pattinson to Hunger Games, but I definitively don’t see him as Finnick Odair.  There can be many other better options.  This may sound so gay coming from a male, but even Ryan Gosling would be a better option than RPattz.

Two words. ARMIE. HAMMER. I am looking at you, Lionsgate!

Rob Pat is OK, but I prefer Jesse Williams much more–here’s to hoping it’s either him or Justin Hartley. I don’t feel Rob is really right for the role. We’re used to seeing him as a all around nice guy…I don’t think we’re ready to see him playing someone like Finnick, who exudes something of a Tony Stark-ish attitude.

He’s been in plenty of other movies, and he’s certainly not as horrible an actor as everyone seems to think.

Honestly why I read Catching fire I totally pictured Jesse Williams. Cuz who wouldn’t want to see that man in just a fishnet?

+1  PLUS ONE FOREVER.

 This comment floored me, haha! I feel the same. And to think, he got Breakthrough Performer of the Year.

Does anyone know how much of Pattinson’s bare chest in New Moon was prosthetic emaciated old man moobs and how much was really him?

Incidentally, if you haven’t seen New Moon with rifftrax, then you missed one of the all time greatest comedies of the decade.

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Robert Pattinson is way too white to play Finnick.

Huh. I never saw Twilight, because Twilight, nor most of his other roles, but if he has the acting chops to pull it off, I actually find the symbolism/parallels weirdly amusing. I mean, Finnick is the heartthrob celebrity former star of the previous games, Pattison is the star of the last big tween-teen spec-fic franchise… I mean, Hunger Games in part is a story about fame and image, and some of the meta you can get with Pattison in the role could be really interesting.

Just looked this guy up, and honestly, that’s almost exactly who I pictured while reading. Take my Like!

I’m mad Pattinson’s name even came up.

Yeah, Gosling would work better for me. 

I’ll admit, I felt a little like crying when I first saw that. I mean, they could do worse. But Pattinson doesn’t have the right coloring. Before looking at the comments here I hadn’t seen Jesse Williams suggested, but WOW, I am pretty much sold on that one now. My mental imagery of Finnick has taken a turn for the better :)

What really kills me is people suggesting Grant Gustin. I mean, seriously? He’s too young-looking (Finnick’s 24, but it’s my impression he looks a bit older), and way too skinny. Not broad enough. Coloring is also an issue.

Isn’t he a bit baby faced for the role? In the books Finnick is a past winner, well integrated into the Capital system having been used for years as one of President Snow’s pawns. I pictured someone a lot older (Michael Fassbender, if you want to know who I pictured half naked for the whole of two novels), especially since he fills a kind of mentor role for Katniss. I don’t really see Pattinson displaying superior survival skills than Lawrence’s Katniss. 

Cosmopolis is getting great reviews out of Cannes where it premiered today. It appears to be in the running for the grand prize and RP’s performance is being praised. I am both a Twilight and a Hunger Games fan. While I can see RP in the role of Finnick I can’t imagine why he’d ever want to do another franchise. He’s already been in two – Cedric in Harry Potter and Edward in Twilight. He’s choosing adult projects now like Cosmopolis, so I think even if it were offered he’d likely say no.

Interestingly he’s just signed on to play an Iraq war vet who was involved in the capture of Bin Laden. Sounds like he’s taking on far more challenging roles.

 Wow I loved JH as Peeta. I thought he was wonderful. To each his own, I guess.

Nope. Not remotely. I didn’t think it was possible to want less to do with the Hunger game thing but now I do, knowing he might be in it.

That is SO bizarre…”Ooooh, diverse!” I’m trying to think of an amusing comparison to explain myself and coming up short. I would liken it to choosing a T-shirt off the rack with the exclamation, “Oooh! A cotton blend!”

I would like to think that acting ability would be considered before skin color…after all, Vin Diesel is a pretty “diverse” guy but has the same acting ability of a baby having a sink bath in a No Tears commercial.

Hes on greys anatomy if you wanna see him play charming and internally tortured and pining after someone … kinda like finnick is…

http://jesseforfinnick.tumblr.com/

He’s not a horrible actor but I just don’t see him in this role. I’m pulling the card of  when-I-read-this-book-I-pictured-the-character-differently-and-hate-any-deviation-from-that.  

Also – he’s just really turning into one of those actor’s that you can put in a movie and will carry it just by their name. This movie doesn’t need that. It already has a lot of big names, a book following, and the first movie to do that. 

Whitewashing characters is a legitimate concern. All of the characters in the book were described by the color of their skin, not their race, which led to a wide interpretation of what everyone looked like. Just look at the outrage of people not realizing that Rue was black, even though she was described as having “dark brown” skin.

In Katniss’ case, she was described as having “olive” skin – something that hinted that she had more ethnicity than Hollywood gave her. Similarly, Finnick is described as having “golden” skin. That could mean either he’s really tan, or he’s not white.

Between the two, I’d prefer being not being white, because I want more diversity in Hollywood.

You know what, I nominate the greatest specimen of Latino hotness to play Finnick: William Levy: http://www.william-levy.net/en

I agree with everything you’ve said, which I don’t think negates one word of my own comment, and I’d hasten to add that regardless of its intention, judging someone first by the color of their skin and second by what they bring to the table is racist.

In the case of Finnick, his looks are what he “brings to the table.”

Maybe I’m misunderstanding you, but you’re coming off as one of those guys who thinks affirmative action is racist against white people. In which case, I roll my eyes at you.

NO. NOT EVEN A LITTLE.

Completely independent of my opinion of his acting ability, this is perhaps the worst casting choice they could make.

Oh gosh. Finnick is WAY cuter than Pattinson.

OOOOMMMMMMGGGG  PEOPLEEE!!!  WHAT ARE YOU SAYING??

The majority of the people who have been brought up as “possible contenders” for the role of Finnick Odair aren’t even good matches!!

They either don’t have the proper body type, or personality, or fanbase, or previous roles that support Finnick’s character….

Also, the role of Finnick is going to be a really time-consuming, tiring role (especially if Mockingjay is still going to be split into two movies)–Therefore, it can’t be someone who already has previously started/filmed TV/Movie Franchises–Jesse Williams, Garrett Hedlund, Alex Pettyfer, etc, etc, etc….  They all just started huge franchises (or soon will).  THEY WON’T HAVE THE TIME TO PLAY FINNICK!!! 

The majority of their roles later this year will also affect how people see them as being Finnick. 

John Carter as Finnick? NO. Wrong body type, wrong build/stature.

Jesse Williams as Finnick? NO. He’s too old, and too much of a softie/nice guy in Grey’s Anatomy.

Zac Efron as Finnick? NO. A no-good, wanna-be high-school musician who sends nude pictures over cell phones.

Alex Pettyfer as Finnick?  NO.  Finnick is experienced, talented, and has a stronger, huskier build.  Alex Pettyfer is more on the skinnier side–much like Alexander Ludwig before he played Cato in THG #1–based on how he bulked up, Alex Pettyfer won’t have the proper Finnick Body-Type (as described in the book).  Plus, do you want a newbie stripper from Magic Mike as Finnick?  Or do you want someone who has done more experienced, highly devloped (but provocative all the same) roles to play Finnick.

Garrett Hedlund? NO.  Too old, has Tron Franchise, possible re-boot of the Inheritance Franchise.

Who would be the ideal Finnick Odair?  GRANT GUSTIN of Glee.  Look him up (shirtless) on Google Images.  In the here and now, he already has like 65% (if not more) of the Finnick look in his own (off-screen) look!!  Thus, it will also be alot less expensive for LIONSGATE and Francis Lawrence to give him the “Finnick Odair Look”.  Maybe a few highlights, and a personal trainer to keep his Finnick-like Appearance at its peak, and that’s it.

Believe me, if you want to see the THG Franchise survive, and not be cancelled like the beginning of the Inheritance Franchise (Eragon), then you’ll want Grant Gustin to be your Finnick Odair.  :D <3<3