Hot on the heels of today’s confirmed Hunger Games casting of Katniss and Prim Everdeen’s mama (to be played by Paula Malcolmson) comes a bit of rumormongering: According to Vulture, John C. Reilly has been offered the part of District 12’s victor-turned-lush-turned-middle aged mentor, Haymitch Abernathy. Chime in, mockingjays — would Reilly fly as your big screen Haymitch?
On Tuesday, Movieline assessed five actors who might make good Haymitches, and readers wrote in with their own inspired suggestions, from Brendan Gleeson (too old) to Jeffrey Dean Morgan (too sexy, I say!). Plenty of fascinating picks, but everyone has their own idea of how Haymitch Abernathy should look and act. Which brings me to my one quibble with the idea of casting John C. Reilly.
Haymitch Abernathy is the paunchy, 40-year-old alcoholic who is assigned to mentor new District 12 tributes Katniss and Peeta as they compete in the Hunger Games. Haymitch won his year’s Games at the age of 16, after which point he drank himself into his current beer-bellied [...]
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