Hey TWIST Readers!
There's only TWO more days until the premiere of The Hunger Games! We've been re-reading the books and brushing up on all of our Hunger Games knowledge in preparation for the movies! It has been great to catch up with stars like Josh Hutcherson as they dished exclusively to TWIST all about the movie! We chatted with Alexander Ludwig, who plays the bad boy District 2 tribute Cato. He spilled to TWIST exclusively about one of the craziest moments from the set!
"I was doing this fight scene with one of the stunt guys, and I've always been told that if something goes wrong, continue the scene because if you accidentally end up hitting someone, it'll look good on camera, and if you don't continue, then it'll all be for nothing. I'm in the training center and I'm supposed to do some crazy stuff and beat some guy up, and we were doing this fight scene and I just whacked the guy in the face. We got a little off, and that happens. It's kind of one of the burdens of being a stunt guy or as an actor doing your own stunts. I ended up hitting the guy really hard and I felt so horrible. He was one of my buddies, too. We got along really well. But I was like, 'OK, I've got to continue this or it'll all be for nothing.' Meanwhile, he's on the floor bleeding and I've just got to keep going. I finished the scene, then I ran over to him and was like, 'Man, I'm so sorry.'"
Wow! That sounds really intense but we're glad that nobody was too hurt! We can't wait to see the fight scenes Alexander does in the movie!
What do you think of Alexander's character Cato? Love him or hate him? Tell us why in the comments and be sure to pick up the March issue of TWIST for a pull-out Hunger Games mag!
May the odds be ever in your favor,
Chelsey
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