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"Hunger Games" success "mind-blowing" for Hutcherson

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Actor Hutcherson accepts the Choice Movie Actor Award at the Teen Choice Awards at the Gibson amphitheater in Universal CityLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Josh Hutcherson never realized when he took on the role of Peeta Mellark in "The Hunger Games" how big an impact the post-apocalyptic survival film would have on popular culture. The actor, 19, still finds it "mind-blowing" that the movie based on the best-selling sci-fi novels by author Suzanne Collins became a box office hit in theaters this past March, taking in $685 million worldwide. The movie sees rebellious teen heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) fight in a televised battle-to-the-death that has been ordered by a totalitarian government. ...


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"Hunger Games" success "mind-blowing" for Hutcherson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Josh Hutcherson never realized when he took on the role of Peeta Mellark in "The Hunger Games" how big an impact the post-apocalyptic survival film would have...

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