'Hunger Games: Catching Fire': Meet Finnick!

August 22, 2012 Movies

Sam Claflin is the latest actor to sign up for “The Hunger Games.” The star will play Finnick, District 4’s charming victor, in “Catching Fire."

'Hunger Games: Catching Fire': Meet Finnick!

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Claflin, 26, is best known for his roles as Prince William in “Snow White and the Huntsman” and Philip in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”

In “Catching Fire,” the Capitol asks winning tributes from each district to return for the 75^th annual Hunger Games, also known as the Quarter Quell. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) from District 12 meet Finnick Odair, who won the 65^th games when he was 14, as they prep for the all star competition.

Finnick, who wields a trident, is especially comfortable in the water.

"Catching Fire" opens in theaters nationwide Nov. 22, 2013.

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