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IMDb's cast interview turns a wish list of prequels into a question about parents raising children to compete in the Games.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 162,797 views a day, 65 times a normal first day on this channel (2,511).
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IMDb asks the Hunger Games cast which victor deserves a film, and the answers move beyond picking a favorite character. One suggestion looks at the people who would send a tribute into the arena with pride rather than dread: their parents.
The promotional interview Short drew nearly 90,000 views in nine hours, an unusually fast start for IMDb's Shorts. Its question gives the cast room for both a serious pitch and a hastily withdrawn one.
The first answer acknowledges the interest in Finnick but chooses Johanna Mason. Then another cast member proposes Wiress, only to reconsider what watching her hide would actually involve. He compares it to following Peeta while he is disguised as a rock. "So I take that back," he says.
The final suggestion shifts the focus from a particular victor to the Career tributes, who train for the arena. "I really want to see a Career story," one cast member says. Her interest is in the family dynamic: what does it mean to prepare your child to kill, then cheer them on?
That idea runs through the comments, where viewers expand it into possible stories about Career districts, sibling victors Cashmere and Gloss, and mentors watching tributes they cannot save. Others suggest Johanna, Mags or a collection of different victors' Games. These are wishes, not announcements of another adaptation, but the Career suggestion gives the conversation a specific question: what happens before the arena becomes an ambition?
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I never thought about a career story, but now I genuinely like this idea!
@VkubyakSee it on YouTubeI’d love to see the hunger games from the mentors perspective maybe even one where their tribute has a decent chance of winning but ultimately come up short. But in an unknown year so it’s more surprising when they die. A careers perspective would be really cool too or even a game maker’s too.
@emilys1853See it on YouTubeJohanna would be IMMENSELY fascinating
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I would love a compilation of short stories of several Games like Finnick, Mags, Wiress etc
@hindesmit3156See it on YouTubei was thinking beetee, but i also LOVE maya hawke's answer. i'd love to hear from a career.
@vinahiiSee it on YouTubeI would love a Plutarch story.
We would get a new perspective of outside the arena, and we could see him slowly hating the capitol more throughout the book.
Also we don’t know much about him, he has good intentions but we need a book to know WHY he has those good intentions .@Champ_CoastersSee it on YouTubeI think a hunger game books that switch's through multiple perspectives of some of the tributes would be really cool , and not knowing who will win unlike the other books
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- IMDb
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- Channel views, last 7 days
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- Channel views, pace per day
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- Video published
- November 12, 2026
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- Video views, pace per day
- 162,797
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Who plays Finnick Odair in the Hunger Games films?
Sam Claflin first appeared as Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.