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Posted: 5/28/2012
Put away your pitchforks: Robert Pattinson says he isn't playing Finnick Odair in 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.''I was kind of curious for a second. So I called my agent,' Pattinson told USA Today when asked about the casting rumor. 'My agent was like, 'No. ... No one's going to offer you that part.''Said Pattinson, with a laugh, 'I was like, thanks for the reassurance.'While the 'Twilight' star might feign disappointment over not being considered for 'Catching Fire,' fans of the Suzanne Collins best-selling trilogy-turned-blockbuster film series are likely breathing a sigh of relief. When the rumor that Pattinson was up for the role of Finnick hit the internet last week, 'Hunger Games' devotees became apoplectic -- as THR notes, the hashtag #PattinsonIsNotFinnick trended on Twitter last Thursday.'As with the first film, we won't be confirming, denying or commenting any casting rumors for this title,' Lionsgate told HuffPost Entertainment in a statement last week about the Pattinson rumor. 'We will announce news wide when there is official casting news to announce.'Expect some announcement enough: 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' will start shooting later this summer. Directed by Francis Lawrence, it's set to hit theaters on Nov. 22, 2013.[via USA Today]
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: Actors Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth attend the Cinema Society & Calvin Klein Collection screening of 'The Hunger Games' at SVA Theatre on March 20, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: Actress Jennifer Lawrence attends the Cinema Society & Calvin Klein Collection screening of 'The Hunger Games' at SVA Theatre on March 20, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 20: Actress Jennifer Lawrence attends the Cinem