Josh Hutcherson
Josh Hutcherson
Joshua Ryan "Josh" Hutchersonis an American actor. A native of Kentucky, Hutcherson began his acting career in the early 2000s and appeared in several commercials and minor film and television roles before landing his first major role in 2002 in the pilot episode of House Blend. His first film role was in Miracle Dogson Animal Planet, followed by a motion-capture performance in The Polar Expressand a voice-acting role in Howl's Moving Castle...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 October 1992
CityUnion, KY
CountryUnited States of America
Acting is a challenge at times. I mean, when you have scenes where you're jumping into a mascot bear to travel back in time, and you try to make that seem real. For me, I'm a person that has a pretty wild imagination, just kind of letting that run wild and sort of just doing the best you can to not feel stupid.
Luckily, no one I've ever been in love with has needed me to save their life!
The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for storytelling than books.
There's actually something interesting about having no rehearsal time - you have to just walk in and go with your gut, which is exciting.
I got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done - she has a bunch too so we're tattoo buddies now.
I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these kids in battle with one another.
For me, in the third book, when Peeta gets brainwashed by the Capitol, that's going to be fun to play. The rest of the time he's very much into Katniss, and for that to get turned around and to play it the other way, that's going to be very exciting.
As far as what I'm afraid of, I hate spiders. I'm pretty good at being not afraid of almost anything, except for spiders.
I put on fifteen pounds of muscle, so that was a lot of eating chicken and a high protein, low-carb diet. Also a lot of heavy lifting and a very different kind of training with an ex-navy SEAL guy who wanted to kill me every time I got with him. In a good way.
I base the roles I choose depending on the characters. That's just how I'm gonna run my career. So if it's a good role I'm gonna take it whether it be fantasy, or whether it be realistic or fiction, anything.
I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?
What I think after reading the script and seeing where the story goes, I go with my instincts on the character. If my instincts are wrong the director and the producers will guide me in the right direction. That's just kind of how I take on any role, be it a fantasy movie or not.
Our lives are not just measured in years. They are measured in the lives we touch around us.
One of the fans had a poster that said, 'I'm a Peeta-file. That was probably the best one.