And Shields is equally, if not more excited to have landed such a coveted role. "Willow has a bravery about her that is authentic and genuinely ‘Human,’" she shared with Flaunt. So it’s hard not to get our hopes up.įor Lynch, Shields brings something special to the set. The film’s director? None other than Jennifer Chambers Lynch, daughter of legendary director David Lynch, according to Flaunt magazine. One of Shield’s first gigs after The Hunger Games made her famous was quite different from the YA blockbuster franchise: she was cast as Grace in A Fall From Grace, an indie detective thriller. "Having fun and loving what you do… without that, there’s nothing." Shields was already cast in future films when she finished shooting for the franchise, so it was time to spread her wings and go. "Most of what I learned was about coming to work every day and loving it, and being a part of something creative and working as a group to make it special," she continued. Shields learned a lot on set, and did a lot of growing up there.
… It’s this wonderful thing and everyone is proud of the final film, but it’s sad to say goodbye, too - to each other, to the characters, and to the fans." Someone is definitely cutting onions in here. And as she told Teen Vogue, the ending was "bittersweet. After all, she spent five years on set as Prim. If you’ve ever really loved an assignment or job that had to come to an end, you’ll empathize with Shields, who got pretty attached to her role in The Hunger Games franchise. I was so surprised that I couldn’t speak." Understandable, girl! The end of an era "And right after I auditioned, I got the part on the spot. and I met with Gary, the producer and the casting director," Shields told the Albuquerque Journal. Naturally, Shields hopped on a plane right away. When she submitted a video audition for the role of Prim in the The Hunger Games, director Gary Rose took notice, and sent Shields a call-back. Prior to her big break on The Hunger Games, Shields had already landed a few minor roles in film and television, such as bit parts in In Plain Sight on the USA Network and a role in Beyond the Blackboard for the Hallmark Channel. The family enjoyed a normal life there, dining at regular restaurants and browsing at regular bookstores - just like the rest of us. Rather, she grew up in New Mexico with her art teacher dad and homeschooling mom, along with her brother and fraternal twin sister.
Who plays prim in the hunger games movie#
Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson have also been working steadily.īut whatever happened to Willow Shields, the girl who played Prim in The Hunger Games? Has she dropped off the radar entirely or is she also working on projects? And what does she have planned for the future? Here’s everything we dug up on Shields, who’s been busier than you’d think! ABQ born and bredĭespite her movie star good looks, Shields didn’t grow up in Malibu as the daughter of a famous Hollywood celeb. J-Law’s obviously been busy, because she’s J-Law. Katniss goes on the win the games and spark a revolution, but in the end, Prim is killed in the struggle for independence from the Capitol.Įven though the movies have long since wrapped and broken box office records, we haven’t forgotten any of it - not just the characters, but also the actors who played them.
She bravely stepped in to save her sister, Primrose "Prim" Everdeen, from an almost certain death. Everyone knows how the story goes: Katniss Everdeen, a young woman from District 12, forever changed the course of her destiny when she volunteered to fight to the death in Panem’s annual Hunger Games.
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