VIDEO: Josh Hutcherson Spills Set Secrets From 'Catching Fire' To Seventeen

Seventeen.com has 3 GREAT videos of Josh Hutcherson talking about The Hunger Games: Catching Fire on-set secrets and more. Josh will be Seventeen's COVER BOY for Nov! Check out all the scans from the magazine HERE.

Thanks to our good friend Jolene from Fangirlmoms for the tip!

Josh Hutcherson Celebrates His 21st Birthday

Josh Hutcherson turned 21 yesterday, and his good friend, Avan Jogia posted a Vine of Josh blowing out the candles on a blackjack-themed cake.

Happy Birthday Josh Hutcherson!

Happy 21st Birthday to our perfect Peeta, Josh Hutcherson! In honor of Josh's big day, there are a few ways to celebrate including charity donations and a sweepstakes!

Fandango is hosting a "Josh Hutcherson Birthday Sweeps." You could win tickets to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Official rules are HERE.

Josh's pet charity, Straight But Not Narrow made a special $21.00 donation amount in honor of Josh's Birthday. You can dontate for Josh's Birthday HERE.

Joshmopolitan on tumblr is organizing a dontaion to Hands, Paws & Hearts, the charity that rescued Josh's pitbull, Driver. Check out their post HERE for more details.

Josh Hutcherson in OUT Magazine - PHOTOS & Article

Josh Hutcherson's long-awaited photo shoot and piece in OUT Magazine has finally hit! Here's the article and the AMAZING photos.

All photos from OUT by Nino Munoz

From OUT:

We’ve barely started lunch, and I’m nowhere near my usual open-ended sexuality question, when Josh Hutcherson offers this: “I would probably list myself as mostly straight.”

That “mostly” is what makes Hutcherson winningly uninhibited, but also typical of his generation. New research published in The New York Times in 2010 shows that an increasing number of guys his age identify as “mostly straight,” and Hutcherson’s ease in embracing ambiguity over neat and secure boxes speaks to his self-assurance.

“Maybe I could say right now I’m 100% straight,” he says. “But who knows? In a fucking year, I could meet a guy and be like, Whoa, I’m attracted to this person.”

Hutcherson grew up in Union, Ky., a small town close to the Ohio border, and his slouchy, chill California vibe is still tinged with a soft Southern accent. Everything he says sounds easygoing. “I’ve met guys all the time that I’m like, Damn, that’s a good-looking guy, you know?” he says. “I’ve never been, like, Oh, I want to kiss that guy. I really love women. But I think defining yourself as 100% anything is kind of near-sighted and close-minded.”

Hutcherson is not exactly an average 21-year-old. He’s one of the stars of the blockbuster Hunger Games films, he’s rich and famous, and he’s self-aware enough to grasp how good he’s got it. Yet his take on sexuality reflects a healthy skepticism of labels that’s helping shift American public opinion on LGBT equality.

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Josh Hutcherson on why he identifies with Peeta

Yahoo has published an excerpt of Josh Hutcherson's interview with Glamour magazine, from the November 2013 issue:

He's acted in almost 40 films, but before last year you probably only knew Josh Hutcherson, 20, from his role as the son of a lesbian couple in 2010's The Kids Are All Right. It wasn't until getting cast as Peeta Mellark in The HungerGames--one third of the Katniss-Gale-Peeta love triangle--that he became paparazzi-stalked and face-on-a-T-shirt famous. As he and the rest of the world gear up for November's release of the trilogy's second film, Catching Fire, the Kentucky native (who is, honestly, the nicest) talked to Glamour about costars, chemistry, and dating in Hollywood. 

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Seventeen Magazine's 10 Secrets from Catching Fire Cast

American teen magazine Seventeen recently featured an article entitled "10 Secrets from the Catching Fire Cast." 

Josh and Jennifer Swapped MAJOR Kiss Spit!

 

"When I watched the playback of the kiss between Jennifer and me, there was this slobber string and it was so gross! In the moment, I didn't realize what was going on."

—Josh Hutcherson, Peeta

 

They Played a Goofy Game!
 

"We had this funny game we used to play on set. I don't even know how it started! Basically, somebody would make the 'OK' sign with their hand and would hold it down real low, and if somebody saw it, they stuck their finger in it. It sounds ridiculous, but it went on the entire shoot!

—Lenny Kravitz, Cinna

What Josh Brought Everywhere
 

"I don't have a good luck charm I bring on set, but I did bring my speaker set! I brought my portable wireless speaker set because I have to have music everywhere."

—Josh Hutcherson, Peeta

How the Tributes Trained
 

"We did a lot of martial arts training. There's a lot of choreography where I'm spinning around and whipping these [knives] and rolling around. It was taxing, but it was a lot of fun!"

—Alan Ritchson, Gloss


 The Costume Lenny Kept!
 

"I kept one thing from the set. There's a leather jacket that Cinna wore in some scenes, and I had to have it. I made sure that it went with me."

—Lenny Kravitz, Cinna


 Peeta's Makeup Prep Routine
 

"It took 20 minutes [to do my face makeup] on days where I had a bad breakout—which happened a lot on set! Covering up my tattoos adds another hour and a half.

—Josh Hutcherson, Peeta

How They Bonded Off Camera
 

"We had a lot of down time on set, so the Tributes and I would all hang out together and watch movies. Alan Ritchson [who plays Gloss] and I shared a trailer, so people migrated toward us. Our trailer always had someone in it!"

—Stephanie Leigh Schlund, Cashmere

 

The Longest Scene to Film
 

"The Cornucopia scene took us weeks and weeks to shoot. It's kind of funny because what could be just five seconds on-screen in the movie probably took us a week and a half to film. For me, it's a month of memories, but some of the segments are going to go by so fast!" 

—Alan Ritchson, Gloss

You can read it for yourself here, at Seventeen.com. 

Josh Hutcherson in Glamour's November Issue

Josh Hutcherson makes an appearance, and talks Catching Fire, in the November issue of Glamour magazine. Check out his interview thanks to our friends at Josh Hutcherson News:

GLAMOUR: What was it like being back on set with everyone?

JOSH HUTCHERSON: Jennifer [Lawrence] and I were nervous about our new costars because we’re kind of crazy when we’re together, so it can be a little scary for the new people. But everybody jumped right in. It was a fun vibe on set.

GLAMOUR: You and Jennifer are friends in real life. Is it weird having to switch to a romantic relationship on-screen?

JOSH HUTCHERSON: It is. There are times when we’ve had to cut because we can’t get through a take without laughing.

GLAMOUR: So would you say it’s possible to be “just friends” with a woman?

JOSH HUTCHERSON: Absolutely, but there’s often a natural inclination to want more.

GLAMOUR: What are your feelings about dating costars? You met your girlfriend [actress Claudia Traisac] while filming the upcoming thriller Paradise Lost.

JOSH HUTCHERSON: As far as I’m concerned, you’re both actors, you understand each other’s lifestyle, so it’s a very natural thing to have happen.

GLAMOUR: Tell us, what is the most epic date that you’ve ever orchestrated?

JOSH HUTCHERSON: The girls I’ve dated hate me a little because I can’t remember anything about first dates or when we kissed. I have the worst memory in the world!

GLAMOUR: Your memory is used up from memorizing lines.

JOSH HUTCHERSON: That’s a good excuse. I think I’ll start using that!

GLAMOUR: We have to ask: Team Gale or Team Peeta?

JOSH HUTCHERSON: I’m definitely Team Peeta! But Katniss’s dilemma is very real—it’s hard to know who to choose when you admire two people who are so different. The love triangle gets played up a lot more in Catching Fire.

GLAMOUR: You’ve said you really identify with Peeta. Why?

JOSH HUTCHERSON: Katniss is an “I’ll just shoot somebody with an arrow” person, and Peeta is a “Let’s talk this through” kind of guy. I have his mind-set.

GLAMOUR: How do you handle the pressures of fame?

JOSH HUTCHERSON: I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it. I have two-pointsomething million followers on Twitter, and if I say something, they all listen. It’s crazy! I shouldn’t be allowed that responsibility.

New Josh Hutcherson & Woody Harrelson Portraits From Esquire's The Life of Man Project

Image by Mark Mann. Courtesy of Esquire

To commemorate Esquires's 80th anniversary, they are creating a living portrait of the American man in 2013. The Life of Man is an interactive gallery using exlusive photos and video of 80 accomplished men, one born in each year of Esquire's history. Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson have been included in this living portrait with new photos and video. Photography by Mark Mann.

Image by Mark Mann. Courtesy of Esquire

Woody Harrelson

Proudest accomplishment: “Without question, my kids. Not that I worked that hard in the early stages—a couple of grunts and a nap. I should have never said that. Oh, fuck. Yeah. My kids.”
Best day so far: “The day I met my wife Laura, which was on the set of Cheers. This media workshop from UCLA came by, and she was a part of it. This was the one time in eight years that we went and talked to them–Teddy [Danson] first, and then I talked a little while. I asked if anybody had secretarial skills, and she raised her hand. Before you knew it we were having a long talk, and she became my assistant. And after three years of that I gave her a raise.”