Josh Hutcherson Wants To Be Friends With Kristen Stewart

The Hunger Games and Twilight were the front runners at the MTV Movie Awards this weekend (HG won 4 and Twilight won 2). Josh Hutcherson caught up with Kristen Stewart backstage and this was the first time they were able to talk in five years.

“That was awesome to connect with her again, especially after everything that’s happened to the both of us [with 'Twilight' and 'The Hunger Games']. It’s nice to just kind of be able to talk again and hopefully have some sort of friendship. She’s fantastic.”

He talked about the competition between the two popular series/movies.

 “Honestly, you know what? I’ve never really felt it to be a competition. And I wish I could pretend like it was ’cause it’d be fun, [but] it’s so not. Their cast is fantastic, our cast is fantastic and there’s never been any bloodshed. … Not yet,” he teased.

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Source: MTV

Josh Hutcherson Talks Award Shows, Johnny Depp, and Catching Fire

Josh Hutcherson took home two awards last night, Best Actor and Best Fight, and he took a few moments with E! Online about awards shows, Johnny Depp, and Catching Fire.

Elizabeth Banks and Josh Hutcherson Talk About Zombies and Nominations

MTV talked to Elizabeth Banks and Josh Hutcherson about who from the cast they would save during a zombie attack, Josh's odds of winning Best Actor (which he did), and Elizabeth's transformation to become Effie.

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“I might save Woody,” Banks said. “No, he could save himself, maybe. He’s already fought off zombies in one of my favorite zombie movies.”
Banks is of course referring to “Zombieland,” in which Harrelson battled against the walking dead with Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone. But since he proved himself fully capable, the actress picked a different co-star to save: “I probably would save Jennifer,” she said.
Hutcherson nodded in agreement. “I think Jennifer, too,” he said, “just because I think she means the most to the continuing of the story and to the fans.”
“I’d want to be the savior of Katniss,” Banks added.
“That’d be a good one to be,” Hutcherson said.
Among the many nominations for “The Hunger Games,” both actors have a shot at a coveted Golden Popcorn on their own. Banks is up for Best On-Screen Transformation and Hutcherson is vying for Best Male Performance.
“Little guy from Kentucky that could,” the actor laughed when Sway mentioned his shot at the award. “It’s crazy, man. It’s crazy.”
When we asked what it was like to see Banks’ on-screen transformation, he called the process “insane.” “The amount of conversation that went into the smallest details of, like, what color her eyebrows should be was astonishing,” he said. “That whole process was way more than I would ever go through for a role.”

Source: MTV

Hunger Games Cast Talks Finnick Castings

When MTV talked to Alexander Ludwig, Josh Hutcherson, and Elizabeth Banks at the MTV Movie Awards, they asked the question on everyone's mind - who do they think should play Finnick?

Josh: “I mean, honestly, I have no idea. I definitely need to re-read the second book,” he said. “I haven’t read it since I first read them, before the first one. So I think I kind of need to read it again to get a better grasp. Physically strong, I think that’s a big important thing. I think somebody who’s kind of similar to Peeta in the sense that he knows sort of how to work the situation a little bit. I think the physicality would be really important for Finnick because he’s such an imposing character, for sure.”
Alexander: “Whenever I read the books, I always thought Ryan Reynolds would be a great Finnick.” he said. “Ryan Reynolds is just how I pictured. I think he’s just got a charisma about him. Whenever I read the books, I was like ‘If I don’t get a [role] in the first one, [then I'd be interested].’ Finnick had always been something I was interested in as a character because he reminds me a little of myself. He’s got a really good charisma about him. He’s also got that bit of an egotistical edge to him which isn’t like me but I love it as character. It’s hilarious and he’s a really strong character too and he’s a really big part of the second book. He’s the most anticipated character in my mind as well. I can’t wait to see who they cast for him.”

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 Elizabeth: “I don’t [know], honestly,” she said. “Everybody that’s ever been mentioned seems fantastic. I’m sure they’ll find the right fit. I think the cast has come together in such an amazing way so far and I know that their goal is to keep adding the best people and the people that its gonna be great. You know, just charisma, just a lot of charisma. And he’s a looker.”

Source: MTV

Josh Hutcherson Talks Catching Fire Location, Francis Lawrence, and Finnick

Josh Horowitz got an interview with Josh Hutcherson at last night's MTV Movie Awards. Josh talked about possible filming locations for Catching Fire, more about Francis Lawrence, and Finnick casting.

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On filming locations: “I haven’t heard anything confirmed yet, but Atlanta is definitely a big possibility. I know their looking at Hawaii too for some of the tropical stuff when we’re in the Games itself. But I’m excited. It’s going to be somewhere nice. I’m looking forward to it.”
On meeting Francis Lawrence: “I actually had lunch with him a couple of days ago. He’s fantastic! He’s so smart and he really has his finger on the pulse of the story. I love the way he’s going to structure the script…The first thing he said to me was ‘I want to make the movie out of the book. I want the book to be the best movie possible.’ Which means a lot to me because the books mean a lot to me.
On Finnick rumors: “I have no idea. Honestly…I don’t go on the internet very often and I have no idea. I’ve heard some great names, but I know nothing.”

Source: MTV

Josh Hutcherson Say Francis Lawrence Has "Great" Ideas for Catching Fire

At the MTV Movie Awards, Josh Hutcherson was caught on the red carpet for some interviews. Josh talked to E! Online about his first meeting with Francis Lawrence, the director for Catching Fire.

“I sat down with him a couple of days ago,” Hutcherson told me at the MTV Movie Awards. “He’s fantastic. He’s such a smart guy. He has some great ideas for the movie.
“I just really like where his head is at,” he continued. “I really like him a lot.”
Most of their chat focused on Peeta.
“We talked about character development in the stories,” Hutcherson said. “As you know, the second book is more complicated than the first, so we talked about the narrative. Everything he said was super smart.”

It seems like Josh likes what is in store, so that is a good sign! :)

MTV Movie Awards Seating For Hunger Games Stars

The cast of the Hunger Games will be sitting together at the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday, as shown in this new video from MTV.

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Thanks to HGGirlOnFire for the tip!

Hunger Games Cast to Attend MTV Movie Awards June 3

The MTV Movie Awards are this Sunday and Hunger Games has been nominated 9 times, but who will be there to see the possible victory or loss? Thanks to promo videos on YouTube, we can now say that Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Elizabeth Banks will all be in attendance. Since Liam has been nominated for Breakthrough performance and has done promos, he is also probably going to be in attendance.

The MTV Movie Awards will air live on Sunday June 3 at 9 pm et on MTV.

Kristen Stewart Wouldn't Mind If "Hunger Games" Won Best Kiss

The MTV Movie Awards are Sunday and everyone can't wait to see if The Hunger Games will beat out Twilight (who has won the past four years) in the category of best kiss. While doing promotion for Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart was asked about the "battle" for best kiss and competition with the next big franchise, Hunger Games. 

When asked if she had any fighting talk for Jennifer and Josh, Kristen told MTV.co.uk: “I don’t know. For the last few years it was ‘The Twilight Show’ and it was bizarre and this year’s gonna be fun. It’s gonna be like ‘Oh good, something different! Please God, something different’.
“I would love to see them go up there and I would love to see how someone else dealt with it to be honest. It’s like ‘are you gonna do it?’, ‘are you gonna give it to them’.”
She added: “If we didn’t win, I would actually be stoked to see like how it all goes down and how they handle it.”

 Don't forget to vote in all 9 categories! Voting ends in all but the Movie of Year and Best Hero on Saturday. The other 2 go on through the live airing on Sunday, June 3 on 9 pm et on MTV.

Josh Hutcherson Talks About His Audi Sportscar Experience with ExtraTV

Josh Hutcherson was in the Audi Sportscar Experience recently. ExtraTV talked to him at the racetrack about racing, cars, and his new pitbull.



Source: ExtraTV

NextMovie Breaks Down the Female and Male Nominees for the MTV Movie Awards

Next Movie is giving us an inside look at the MTV Movie Awards, including a breakdown of the nominees in each category. Nar Williams took a look at the Best Male and Female Performance including Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence. It also includes Josh doing an impersonation of Snoop Dogg.

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Don't forget to vote in all 9 categories! Voting ends in all but the Movie of Year and Best Hero on Saturday. The other 2 go on through the live airing on Sunday, June 3 on 9 pm et on MTV.

Source: Next Movie

Josh Hutcherson Buys Heath Ledger's $3 Million Treehouse

Josh Hutcherson just bought a $3 million Hollywood Hills mansion, previously owned by Heath Ledger. The 1,861 sq ft tree house, because of the trees surrounding it, has been owned by lots of celebs like Ellen DeGeneres. The 2 bedroom 2 bath house was listed last September for $2.995 million, but we don't know if Josh paid the full price.

Source: TMZ

Vote for the Hunger Games in the Teen Choice Awards 2012!

The 2012 Teen Choice Awards have listed their nominees and voting has begun. The Teen Choice Awards will be live July 22 at 8 pm on Fox. Make sure to vote for The Hunger Games! It has been nominated for:

• Choice Movie: Sci Fi/ Fantasy
• Choice Movie Actor: Josh Hutcherson
• Choice Movie Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
• Choice Book: "The Hunger Games" Trilogy
• Choice Single by a Female Artist: "Eyes Open" by Taylor Swift
• Choice Male Hottie: Liam Hemsworth

It is going up against some other big movies and books like Twilight, The Avengers, Divergent, and Mirror Mirror.To vote, go here!

NECA to Release a Second Set of "Hunger Games" Figurines

NECA has announced a second wave of "The Hunger Games" figurines. This new set will feature training Katniss, training Peeta, arena Rue, and arena Cato. We don't have an official release date set, but Cool Toy Review predicts that they will be out in August.


These look amazingly like Jennifer, Josh, Amandla, and Alexander! It's really cool and creepy... but I know that I'll be purchasing these when they hit shelves!

Thanks to The Hob for the tip!

Josh Hutcherson Talks Post Hunger Games Life

Even before he was Peeta, Josh Hutcherson had tons of fans. Now, considering all the hype about the movie and his role, some people wonder if his life will ever go back to normal. He said that he still gets to do the same things he did before the movie in a recent interview.

“I was expecting it to be a huge difference and it hasn’t been, and I can’t tell you how relieved that I am. It’s been so low-key and people who do recognize me have been awesome, cool and not crazy.”

Good for him! I'm glad to see that Hollywood has not affected him.

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Josh Hutcherson on His Newest Tattoo

At this weekend's White House Correspondent's Dinner, Access Hollywood spoke with Josh about his most recent tattoo, a red and black anchor.

“I love tattoos,” the 19-year-old told Access Hollywood at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.
“I like the traditional kind, like the old Sailor Jerry style,” he explained, referring to the black and red anchor on his mid-section.
The actor, who also has a Libra sign on his wrist, says he’s just getting started when it comes to decorating his body.
“I’m going to get a lot more,” he told Access. “So watch out!”

He also spoke about his two new fans.

 “I was just informed actually that Sasha and Malia [Obama] like ‘The Hunger Games,’” Josh told Access. “That’s very cool.”

Tune In Alert: Josh Hutcherson on Punk'd

Josh Hutcherson will be pranked tonight on MTV's Punk'd. Lucy Hale from Pretty Little Liars will be hosting the show and she tweeted some pictures.


The show airs tonight at 10 pm/ 9 pm CT on MTV. Will you be watching?

Source: Twitter

Josh Hutcherson Talks Boy Bands and Spiders

Josh recently did an interview and talked about everything from Detention, kissing Jennifer, and more.

There are so many pop culture references in the movie (Detention). What are some of your favorite pop culture things from the ’90s?Josh Hutcherson: ”Oh man, I was a huge boy band fan back in the day. Like ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys and Hanson and all that stuff.”
You are also an executive producer on Detention. What was that like and did it affect at all the process of being an actor?Josh Hutcherson: ”It was awesome for me. I’ve grown up on movie sets and wanted to get behind the camera, so to get that opportunity here was awesome. You know, for me my biggest involvement was in the casting process at the beginning as well as just nailing down the story stuff and on set just kind of helping with the logistics of things and helping things run smoothly, just because Joseph and most of his crew comes from a music video/commercial-oriented background. Me, coming from the film world, it was kind of helpful to bring the knowledge of that to the set. It was cool, I think. For me, it’s something I want to do a lot more.
As far as how it affected my performance, I don’t think it really got in the way. Most of my producorial duties were before we even started shooting. But even the stuff on the set, I don’t think it took away anything at all from my acting.”
Why haven’t you done a horror movie before and are you a fan of the genre? What scares you?Josh Hutcherson: ”I haven’t been avoiding the genre, I just don’t think the right thing had come along yet. I think that there’s never really been a project that I wanted to do that was in the horror genre. Nothing had come across my table yet [before this].
As far as what I’m afraid of, I hate spiders. I’m pretty good at being not afraid of almost anything, except for spiders. They just scare the crap out of me.”

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Pictures: Josh Hutcherson on Punk'd

Josh Hutcherson will be on Punk'd this Thursday and we have photos!


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Josh Hutcherson Named His Dog After Ryan Gosling?

Josh Hutcherson said that he named his newly adopted rescue dog Driver, after Ryan Gosling. Not him directly, but his character in Drive. 

“I’m obsessed with the movie Drive, and Ryan Gosling‘s character was named Driver. I always thought it was a good name for a dog so it just kind of worked out.”

He also spoke about his training to become Peeta.

 To prepare for his role in the blockbuster film Hutcherson had to put on weight and exercise with ex-Navy Seal Logan Hood, who “just kicks ass,” he told Us.Hood, who also worked with Liam Hemsworth, 22, had Hutcherson “flipping tires the parking lot and slamming baseball bats against body bags — crazy things! It was so unconventional, and you’re working muscles you didn’t even know you had. You’re like, ‘How am I possibly this sore?’”
Hutcherson added: “I felt like with Logan, I was sore for four days afterwards, and we worked out five days a week, so I was in a constant state of soreness!”

Source: US Weekly