LadyGunn has posted an extensive interview with actress Jena Malone (Johanna Mason) along with some truly gorgeous photos. In it, she talks about how her little sister is a Hunger Games fan and about what got her the part as our feisty District 7 victor.
THE HUNGER GAMES, c’mon, that’s a pretty big coup.
That’s the funny thing, the only reason I got this is because I blew them out of the water in the audition. It wasn’t because I played the game right and wore the sexy skirt, it was because I went in there and really auditioned and they actually had a casting director that wanted to cast real actors. That is not always the case.
Especially in such a large franchise.
Right, I often see a lot of the younger actors who are like, “What should I do?” Honestly, it’s hard either way. It’s hard to be yourself and it’s hard not to be yourself. Both have a means of making you feel insecure and not sturdy in your job. It’s such a delicate thing. You’ve got to play the game a little bit. Even that’s a stylistic choice, even that’s a persona. It’s all a guise, a dream within a dream, so what’s really the truth of it? It’s far deeper inside, not on the outside. I think that’s what I am learning now. How to appreciate the material aspects that basically form that language of Hollywood without depreciating my internal aspects.
Read the full interview at LadyGunn.
Source:
http://mockingjay.net/2013/08/06/jena-malone-hunger-games-wanted-real-actors/