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Kentucky Arts and Culture
Kentuckians, Appalachia Star in "Hunger Games"
Credit Lexington Herald Leader
With legions of fans eager for the next major film franchise, The Hunger Games promises to make big stars of the two Kentuckians in its lead roles: Lawrence, as resourceful heroine Katniss Everdeen, and Union native Josh Hutcherson, who plays Peeta Mellar
The set of blockbuster books known as “The Hunger Games” promises to be a blockbuster film. Kentucky has strong ties to the movie. Two natives are in lead roles and they battle in a futuristic Appalachia. With a preview of “The Games,” a special performance of the Lexington Philharmonic and an art show that revives the daguerreotype is Rich Copley of the Lexington Herald Leader.
