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<ul class="summary-list"><li>As one of the most prolific actors in <keyword id="11895191" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hollywood" source="Orion">Hollywood</keyword> history, <keyword id="13987866" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="james-hong" source="Orion">James Hong</keyword> has paved the way for Asian American talent in Hollywood.</li><li>The 93-year-old star founded East West Players to boost <keyword id="12368108" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="aapi" source="Orion">AAPI</keyword> representation in theater.</li></ul><p>When James Hong received his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in May, it was a seven-decade-long dream come true.</p><p>"Everyday I wake up and I think, it cannot be," Hong told Insider.</p><p>At 93 years old, Hong made history by becoming the oldest actor to receive a star, which he celebrated in a red silk Tang suit, surrounded by a flurry of drums and Chinese lion dancers.</p><p>The recognition comes after nearly 70 years of acting, during which Hong strived to carve out a space for Asian American talent in an industry dominated by white actors.</p><p>Hong has more than 650 film and television credits under his belt, including "Blade Runner," "Seinfeld," and, most recently, A24's "Everything Everywhere All At Once."</p><p>As a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Oscars, Hong helps to advocate for the newest generation of AAPI talent.</p><p>"We have meetings once in a while to help boost the image of Asian American actors, because they haven't been duly recognized until lately," Hong said.</p><p>Films created by and starring Asian actors, directors, and producers like "Minari" and Marvel's "Shang-Chi" have recently captured Hollywood's attention—a rise that many in the <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">entertainment</keyword> industry credit to veteran actors like Hong. In his speech at Hong's Walk of Fame celebration, Daniel Dae Kim called him a "trailblazer."</p><p>"No one will have blazed the trail the way that James Hong has," Kim said.</p><div type="image" title="Back L-R) Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Chair Lupita Sanchez Cornejo, Daniel Dae Kim, Jamie Lee Curtis and Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell with (Front C) James Hong attend the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony for James Hong on May 10, 2022 in Hollywood, California." height="2307" width="3076" msid="91691707" hostid="261"></div><h2><strong>Working within the limitations of Hollywood</strong></h2><p>Hong, a Chinese American who grew up in Minnesota, long entertained the thought of becoming an actor, imitating famous actors like James Cagney and James Stewart in front of his mirror.</p><p>"That was my so-called exhibition in the arts," Hong joked.</p><p>When he landed in Hollywood in 1953, Hong redubbed soundtracks of several Asian films, eventually making his break when he appeared on Groucho Marx's game show "You Bet Your Life."</p><p>Many of the roles Hong played early in his acting career were Asian stereotypes: diabolical villains or two-dimensional Chinamen.</p><p>"If you didn't do the roles you were offered, you didn't work. So you have to keep working and improve your craft," Hong said.</p><p>Instead, he worked to turn cliched parts into multi-faceted characters. One of Hong's favorite roles was the villain in "Big Trouble in Little China," a martial arts comedy that, on the face of it, could be seen as stereotypically hokey.</p><p>"Although he was the evil Asian, he was very human in the sense that all he wanted was a girl with green eyes," Hong told Insider. "I got a chance to do a lot of emotions and explore facets of the character."</p><div type="image" title="James Hong in &quot;Big Trouble in Little China.&quot;" height="426" width="568" msid="91691708" hostid="261"></div><p>Seeing Hong on television and the silver screen inspired a host of other Asian American actors.</p><p>"It's always important to see someone of Asian descent be represented on screen," actress Ming-Na Wen, who starred in films like "The Joy Luck Club" and "Mulan," said. "They're pure inspiration, a reminder of how much I can do."</p><h2><strong>He launched his own theater to create a space for Asian American actors</strong></h2><p>Despite Hong's efforts, some roles were unplayable. In 1962, Hong said he was given the script for a movie called "The Confessions of an Opium Eater." The only roles available for Asian actors in the movie were "opium dope people and the prostitutes and so forth," he said in an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/entertainment/james-hong-actor-movie-credits-trnd/index.html">interview</a> with CNN. Incensed, he turned down the role, and led a petition against the film.</p><p>Frustrated with the limitations of Hollywood, Hong and eight Asian American artists banded together to found East West Players in 1964.</p><p>From its inception, East West Players' mission was to create a space where Asian American actors could play roles beyond the stereotypical caricatures offered by mainstream Hollywood. Hong and his co-founders picked "Rashomon," a psychological thriller by the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, as their first play, which they performed at the basement of a church in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.</p><p>East West Players began to amass positive reviews and funding, and now commands a theater in Little Japan. It's since staged more than 228 plays ranging from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and "Mamma Mia!" to works by Asian American writers like David Henry Hwang's "Yellow Face" and "Chinglish."</p><p>A roster of now-famous alumni have performed on stage at East West Players, including Daniel Dae Kim, Kal Penn, John Cho, and Ming-Na Wen. Beyond helping to launch their acting careers, the theater group became a place of community and connection.</p><p>"I was no longer the token Asian in the group. I wasn't alone anymore—you all share the same experiences, issues, and concerns, and it was very rewarding to experience that," Wen said.</p><h2><strong>Hong says Hollywood still has 30% of the way to go</strong></h2><p>Films like "Parasite" and "Crazy Rich Asians" have continued to break ground for Asian and Asian American creators in Hollywood, but Hong thinks there's still a ways to go.</p><p>"After 70 years, I've seen maybe a 70% upgrade in progress. We still need the 30% going until we're truly in the mainstream, where Asian American actors are recognized as actors in Hollywood," Hong said.</p><div type="image" title="The cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once in a film still." height="438" width="780" msid="91691709" hostid="261"></div><p>"I don't really see a lot of mainstream roles of Asian American actors, because we're still looked down upon. We're still in the so-called silent minority race, because it takes Hollywood such a long time to realize we are important in the movie industry," he added.</p><p>Writers and producers must capture America's increasing <keyword id="11929860" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="diversity" source="Orion">diversity</keyword> more accurately, according to Hong.</p><p>"Asian Americans are leading businesses, politics, the arts," he said. "Hollywood is just a couple steps behind the changes in society, and movies have to catch up."</p><p>In the meantime, Hong plans to continue starring in and creating works that showcase Asian talent. His upcoming projects include "Kung Fu Panda 4," the TV show "American Born Chinese, and "Patsy Lee &amp; the Keepers of the Five Kingdoms," which he's producing himself.</p><p>"At 93, I'm still making moves, acting in movies—and I can still breakdance," Hong said.</p>

He's acted in over 650 roles, but James Hong says there's still a long way to go for Asian American representation in Hollywood

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57b7704bdb5ce952008b7d92-1687/screen shot 2016-08-19 at 4.45.54 pm.png" alt="X Files Scully Mulder" data-mce-source="20th Television" data-link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rhge-os-18" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rhge-os-18">20th Television</a></span></p><p class="caption">Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny as FBI Special Agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder in "The X-Files."</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>The 1935 smash hit "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTriMepUbJ4">G Men</a>" signaled a departure from the gangster-glorifying films of the earlier part of the decade. Rather than lionizing the bank robbers and bootleggers that captivated Americans during the Great Depression, this movie focused on James Cagney as a selfless FBI recruit.</p><p>According to James L. Neibaur's "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/James-Cagney-Films-1930s-Neibaur/dp/1442242191">James Cagney Films of the 1930s</a>," it's unclear how involved FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was in the production of the film. Some sources indicated that he opposed the movie, but ended up changing his mind once he saw it in theaters. Neibaur writes that there were also rumors that Hoover himself signed off on the script's glowing portrayal of the Bureau.</p><p>Since those days, fictional depictions of FBI agents have undergone a number of transformations, which often shift along with the American public's view of the agency. We've seen the paranormal-investigating power couple Mulder and Scully on "The X-Files," coffee-loving, eccentric Dale Cooper on "Twin Peaks," the heroic squad featured on "Criminal Minds," along with the ominous, overbearing suits that appear in the background of many police shows. Some clichés surrounding the FBI are specific to the Bureau, while many of the tropes that cling to the organization also pertain to law enforcement and federal agencies in general.</p><p>Business Insider spoke about these different fictional portrayals with three retired FBI agents, <a href="http://jerriwilliams.com/">Jerri Williams</a>, author of the upcoming novel "<a href="http://jerriwilliams.com/books/pay-to-play/">Pay to Play</a>," <a href="http://www.jnforensics.com/">Joe Navarro</a>, author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-Every-BODY-Saying-Speed-Reading/dp/0061438294/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1467807728&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=joe+navarro">What Every Body is Saying</a>," and <a href="http://blackswanltd.com/about/team/chris-voss/">Chris Voss</a>, author of "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805">Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It</a>."</p><p>They revealed which popular fictional clichés about the FBI are dead wrong and discussed the handful of shows that come close to getting it right:</p>

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How actors fake fight in movies

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/553942b46bb3f76d4e5577b4-1200-600/robin-williams-good-will-hunting-3.png" border="0" alt="Robin Williams Good Will Hunting"><p class="source"><span>Miramax via Netflix</span></p><p class="caption">Robin Williams would impersonate everybody from Janet Reno to Frankenstein.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The late, great Robin Williams was often known to go off script and improvise like no other.&#xa0;</span><p>It was his attitude that often contributed to the film veering off script during rehearsals and production.</p><p>"He was constantly improvising," co-star Stellan Skarsgard said during a <a href="https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/good-will-hunting-2015">panel</a> at the Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday, "And I liked that because if you prepare properly, it is trashed totally by somebody else improvising. And that's really good, because you usually get a little stiff, too skillful, and too elegant if your performance doesn't get f---ed by someone."</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55394423ecad04c32c2d5fe0-1200-600/stellan-skarsgard-gus-van-sant-minnie-driver.jpg" border="0" alt="Stellan Skarsgard Gus Van Sant Minnie Driver"><p class="source"><span>Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Gus Van Sant, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgard at the Tribeca Film Festival.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But Williams wouldn't just improvise his lines. He would go completely out of character. According to Skarsgard and director Gus Van Sant, Williams would typically do all of his lines while impersonating different celebrities.</span><p>"Every time, the first take, I came in and it wasn't him ... Jack Nicholson was standing there. He'd behave like Jack Nicholson," Skarsgard said.&#xa0;</p><p>"Then we had to do it again and he was James Cagney. I think it was five or six takes with a different person every time," he continued. "And then gradually he did something more and more like the character."</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5539457d6bb3f7d66b834ca7-1200-600/good-will-hunting-robin-williams.png" border="0" alt="Good Will Hunting Robin Williams"><p class="source"><span>Miramax via Netflix</span></p><p class="caption">A lot of the improvisation and impressions took place in the scenes in Sean's office.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Clearly, the other actors enjoyed improvising with him. Much of the improvisation took place in Sean's (Williams) office. According to Van Sant, Williams did an entire scene as Janet Reno, while Matt Damon played along with him as Daffy Duck. Another time, Williams did all of his lines as Frankenstein.</span><p>At one point, Van Sant asked Damon, "Isn't this fun?" To which Damon responded, "No! It's exhausting!"</p><p>Williams' performance in "Good Will Hunting" earned him his first and only Oscar. His acting method sounds atypical, especially when compared to how other Oscar winners typically prepare. It doesn't sound like Robert De Niro, for instance, who gained a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/trivia?item=tr0772341">record amount</a> of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/trivia?item=tr0762180">weight</a> for his Oscar-winning performance as boxer Jake La Motta in "Raging Bull."</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/553946d6ecad045a462b338f-1200-600/good-will-hunting-robin-williams-1.jpg" border="0" alt="good will hunting, robin williams"><p class="source"><span>"Good Will Hunting"/Miramax</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Either way, this seemed to work for him. And it led to some of the film's funniest and most touching scenes like this one, where he tells a story about his wife:</span><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #222222;">&#xa0;</span><div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/z8mn3nLPSMY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">And the final line in the film, which was his idea:</span></p><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #222222;">&#xa0;</span><div><iframe width="640" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zoPT4p1Iwg4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Unfortunately, these great moments were not captured on camera. 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<p class="p1"><div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/528f78aaeab8ea1232ba4f15-1200-600/jennifer-lawrence-hunger-games.jpg?maxX=800" border="0" alt="jennifer lawrence hunger games" width="800" /><p class="source">Murray Close / Lionsgate</p></div></div>"<keyword id="1460117" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Hunger-Games-Catching-Fire">The Hunger Games: Catching Fire</keyword>" is in theaters this weekend and is expected to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-hunger-games-catching-fire-will-crush-overseas-box-offices-2013-11" target="_blank">dominate the box office</a> both here <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-hunger-games-catching-fire-will-crush-overseas-box-offices-2013-11" target="_blank">and abroad</a>.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Catching-Fire-Second-Hunger-Games/dp/0545586178" target="_blank">The second installment of the book series</a> from Suzanne Collins follows Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) as she returns to fight in the games which made her a hero across her home world of Panem.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The <keyword id="52147" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="reviews">reviews</keyword> for the film are <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games_catching_fire/" target="_blank">overwhelmingly positive</a>, with high praise for Lawrence herself after last year's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lawrence-wins-best-actress-oscar-2013-2" target="_blank">Best Actress Oscar win</a>.<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Before you see the film, here's what critics are saying about the "Hunger Games" sequel.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Everyone can't stop praising Jennifer Lawrence's performance:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p3"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304791704579211843385144258">WSJ</a>:<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">"None of it would work-not the action, the adventure, the political subtext or the humor-without the strength and beauty that Ms. Lawrence brings to the central role. Whenever she's on screen, the camera studies the contours of her face with a gaze that might be fawning in other circumstances, but seems properly attentive here. The lovely simplicity of her technique might have gratified James Cagney, whose reputed advice to actors was 'Learn your lines, find your mark, look 'em in the eye and tell 'em the truth.'"</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-hunger-games-catching-fire-20131121,0,6371408.story#axzz2lCTpTaPD">LA Times</a>: <span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p4" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Lawrence has clearly taken this role very much to heart, throwing herself into it to such an extent that she creates genuine emotion from what is essentially pulpy material."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p6"><a href="http://entertainment.time.com/2013/11/20/catching-fire-slow-burn-with-a-sizzling-star/?iid=ent-main-lead">Time</a>: </p>
<p class="p6" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Spinning in that wedding dress, or glaring in wary repose, Lawrence catches fire on screen."</p>
<p class="p6"><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/hunger-games-catching-fire/review/655231" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter</a> (THR):</p>
<p class="p6" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"Lawrence further solidifies her tenacious grip on this signature role as she explores Katniss' tortured inner self."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Stanley Tucci is perfect once again as the overly energetic host of the games.</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong><div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/528f771169bedd967ca7c38b-1200-600/hunger-games-catching-fire-katniss-jennifer-lawrence.jpg" border="0" alt="hunger games catching fire katniss jennifer lawrence" width="800" /><p class="source">Murray Close / Lionsgate</p></div></div></strong><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2013/12/02/131202crci_cinema_denby">The New Yorker:</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Stanley Tucci returns as Caesar Flickerman, and again brilliantly parodies beauty-pageant and talent-show hosts."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304791704579211843385144258">WSJ</a>:<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p5" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Stanley Tucci is funnier than ever as the game-show host Caesar Flickerman, teeth and eyes gleaming madly from a skinscape of bottled tan."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p5"><a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20721951,00.html" target="_blank">Entertainment Weekly</a> (EW) simply refers to Tucci as the "Ryan Seacrest of Oz."</p>
<p class="p5"><strong>Practically every review we've seen makes comment that<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> new director Francis Lawrence has done a much better job with the sequel than Gary Ross did with the original.<div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/528f782969bedd0703a7c385-1200-600/francis-lawrence-the-hunger-games-catching-fire.jpg" border="0" alt="francis lawrence the hunger games catching fire" width="800" /><p class="source">Murray Close / Lionsgate</p></div></div></span></strong></p>
<p class="p5"><a href="http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/11/review_catching_fire_an_upgrad.html" target="_blank">One from AP</a>:</p>
<p class="p5" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"Francis Lawrence ("I Am Legend") has taken over directing from Gary Ross, whose poor handling of the first film didn't stop it from becoming a sensation. Lawrence has given the film (the budget was nearly doubled) a more settled environment heavy on greys and a more appropriately grave emotional atmosphere."</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Don't expect a lot of blood and gore. The thrill to kill in the games has been tuned down a notch. <div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/527a6a80ecad04091f9ab765-820-351/hunger%20games%20catching%20fire.png" border="0" alt="hunger games catching fire katniss" width="800" /><p class="source"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYgV_2tJPOU&amp;noredirect=1">Lionsgate / Hunger Games Catching Fire</a></p></div></div></strong><a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/11/edelstein-reviews-hunger-games-catching-fire.html">Vulture</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">:</span></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;">"It's likely that the violence has so little sting because of the studio's need for a PG-13 rating, which has the paradoxical effect of making murder less upsetting and therefore more family friendly. (Bring the kids, why don't you?)"</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Fans of the book will be pleased the film stays true to the story ...</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/hunger-games-catching-fire/review/655231">THR</a>: <span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span class="s1">"</span>The script by Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn reflects the shape, emphasis and incident of the book with almost scientific precision, and the desire to deliver the expected goods is keenly felt."</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>... but ultimately it leaves something to be desired. </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://entertainment.time.com/2013/11/20/catching-fire-slow-burn-with-a-sizzling-star/?iid=ent-main-lead">Time</a>: <span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p3" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span class="s1">"</span>Like Super Bowl Sunday, when more TV time is wasted on pre-game folderol than is spent on actual <a href="http://topics.time.com/football/"><span class="s2">football</span></a>, <em>Catching Fire</em> moseys through half of its 2-hour-and-26-minute running time, setting up Katniss's rivalries, and dropping hints of things to come, before the Quell Games begin."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20721951,00.html">EW</a>:<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">"There's a ritualistic quality to these films that's key to their appeal, but it also limits their capacity to truly wow us … <em>Catching Fire</em> is smoothly exciting but a bit of a tease. It gets mileage out of setting up the Quarter Quell as some ultimate <em>Fear Factor</em> version of <em>Deliverance</em>, yet there isn't a moment of real dread in it."<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Overall Consensus: See it!</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">If you don't have your tickets by now - and you're seeing it on your own or with kids - you should probably plan on buying them. This could very well be the BIGGEST movie of the year. Fandango told us Thursday ticket sales for the film were outpacing "Iron Man 3" - which is not only the <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/" target="_blank">highest-grossing movie so far of the year</a>, but also the film with the <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?view2=opening&amp;view=releasedate&amp;p=.htm" target="_blank">highest-opening weekend of 2013</a> ($174 million). <span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Not only is Jennifer Lawrence flawless in her return as the arrow-slinging Katniss, but the added talent of Philip Seymour Hoffman and newcomer scene-stealer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540441/" target="_blank">Jena Malone</a> should be more than enough reasons to head out. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Fans agree that the second book in the "Hunger Games" series is the best of Collins' trilogy - and we've been told that the film stays very true to the book. </p>
<p class="p1">Check out a trailer for the film below:</p>
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