Month: March 2025

Actor Austin Butler has revealed one of the major movie roles he auditioned for but didn’t land. Speaking to BuzzFeed, the Oscar-nominated Elvis actor said he tried out for the role of Peeta in The Hunger Games, a part that ultimately went to Josh Hutcherson. Butler said he didn’t get far at all in the casting process.

“I auditioned for The Hunger Games, and I didn’t get it at all. I don’t think I got a callback,” he said (via Entertainment Weekly).

Butler went on to say that Hutcherson turned in a “great” performance as Peeta in the film series. The original Hunger Games came out in 2012, and Hutcherson was cast in the role when he was only 18. Sequels Catching Fire (2013) and Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) and Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) followed. A prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, came out in 2023, and the next movie, Sunrise on the Reaping, is coming in 2026.

Other actors who auditioned for Peeta include Evan Peters, Hunter Parrish, and Lucas Till.

When The Hunger Games came out, Butler had already starred on Hannah Montana and Switched at Birth. His career really took off around 2019 when Butler played Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a…

BioWare general manager Gary McKay has published a blog post in which he outlined some of the notable events of the past year and laid out some high-level thoughts on where BioWare is headed next and what it is trying to achieve. McKay also touched upon how BioWare is pushing to restore its reputation and make games of the “highest quality” going forward.

McKay said 2021 was “another challenging year,” due in part to the impact the pandemic has had on home and work life. “We’ve had to continue to think on our feet to adapt to changing circumstances. But despite all that, it has been an absolute joy to lead a studio with so many unbelievably talented people, a team that always pushes the envelope through innovation and an unflagging pursuit of quality,” he said.

“Continuing to work under the pressure of a world pandemic has not been easy. We’ve had to adopt new tools, processes, and ways to communicate. We’re all balancing personal time and work, and each person is dealing with their own unique situation,” McKay added Come from malaysia online casino . “The biggest challenge continues to be the uncertainty of…