Paula Malcomson Is Cast As Katniss Everdeen’s Mother In ‘The Hunger Games’

Paula Malcomson Is Cast As Katniss Everdeen’s Mother In ‘The Hunger Games’
Woo!! I’ve got some new casting news for the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games to pass along. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Caprica actress Paula Malcomson has been cast as Katniss and Prim Everdeen‘s mother. In the trilogy of books, the mom’s name is never mentioned … she is only referred to as [...]

Woo!! I’ve got some new casting news for the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games to pass along. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Caprica actress Paula Malcomson has been cast as Katniss and Prim Everdeen‘s mother. In the trilogy of books, the mom’s name is never mentioned … she is only referred to as mom or mother … but, first name or not, Malcomson will play her in the film.

Katniss and Prim’s mother has been cast in Lionsgate’s Hunger Games movie adaptation. Paula Malcomson, who recently starred in Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica, has landed the role, joining Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) and Willow Shields (Prim) as her daughters. In the books, Katniss and Prim’s mother is grieving after her husband’s death, living in fear that her daughters will participate in the deadly Hunger Games … Malcomson, who has also appeared in HBO’s Deadwood and FX’s Sons of Anarchy, is repped by UTA and Seven Summits. The film is in theaters March 23, 2012.

You know, it never EVER occurred to me that Katniss and Prim‘s mom never had a name in any of the books. I just recently finished the final book in the trilogy and it never dawned on me — not once — that she is never referred to by anything other than mom or mother. Clearly, the fact that she does not have a name is intentional … hopefully that convention will be preserved in the film version as well. Unless author Suzanne Collins decides to give her a name for the film, I hope she will only be referred to as mom or mother. To be honest, I don’t know any of Paula Malcomson‘s work but she really does look the part in these promo photos from Caprica. The pale color and cold blue eyes seem very fitting for the role of Katniss‘s emotionally fragile mother. I have no cause for complaint with this casting. So far, so good … I am really on board with pretty much all the Hunger Games casting thus far.

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