Peeta Mellark is a key character in the Hunger Games saga, a role that later went to Josh Hutcherson and who initially captured the interest of other actors such as Evan Peters.
Josh Hutcherson he interpreted Peeta Mellark in the film saga of Hunger Gamestaken in turn from the successful literary trilogy of Suzanne Collins. Consisting of four films (the third book was divided into two parts), the saga helped launch the career of Jennifer Lawrence, interpreter of Katniss Everdeen, but at the same time counted on the support of characters essential to the plot. Peeta is one of them. Yet Josh Hutcherson wasn’t the only one expressing interest in the role. Other actors too, like Evan Peters for example, they would target Peeta. Let’s find out all the actors who have (even presumably) expressed interest in the Hunger Games and the role of Peeta.
Hunger Games, the actors interested in the role of Peeta in addition to Josh Hutcherson
Jennifer Lawrence led the Hunger Games saga, along with Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson. All three characters, as in the novels, have also had a central role in the cinema, but other actors and actresses have expressed interest in the three main roles. For example, for Katniss, nine other actresses could have stolen the lead role from Jennifer Lawrence. And Josh Hutcherson also took the same risk. Even having triumphed in the casting phase, Peeta could have obtained the likeness of another actor. Five, in fact, were in contention for the role and one of these was then assigned to another character in the saga. It is the case of Alexander Ludwig: attended the castings for The Hunger Games at 19 and then landed the part of CatoDistrict 1 tribute. About that time in his life, Ludwig told U.S. Weekly:
I started traveling around Europe with a couple of friends after my last year of school and during that time I made it a goal to work on my physique, make it more sculpted, so as to prepare for the character. I really wanted that role, which I ended up fighting with Josh Hutcherson and another actor. Josh has done a great job of portraying the overall essence of Peeta. I enjoyed playing a meaner character.
The casting of Evan Peters instead at the moment there is only a rumor left. According to rumors at the time, the American Horror Story actor considered playing Peeta. Another actor interested in The Hunger Games is Hunter Parishwho rated both Peeta’s character and that of Finnick Odairthen went to Sam Claflin. Last actor interested in Peeta is Lucas Till, though it’s unclear how far in casting he’s gotten.