It’s Opposite Day with ‘The Hunger Games’ Casting!

"He could be my brother. Straight black hair, olive skin, we even hae the same gray eyes. But we're not related, at least not closely. Most of the families who work the mines resemble one another this way."

"Medium height, stocky build, ashy blond hair that falls in waves over his forehead."

"That's why my mother and Prim, with their light hair and blue eyes, always look out of place. They are. My mother's parents were part of the small merchant class that caters to officials, Peacekeepers, and the occasional Seam customer."

"...A paunchy, middle-aged man, who at this moment appears hollering something unintelligible, staggers onto the stage, and falls into the third chair. He's drunk. Very. The crowd responds with its token applause, but he's confused and tries to give Effie Trinket a big hug, which she barely manages to fend off."

"...Effie Trinket, District 12's escort, fresh from the Capitol with her scary white grin, pinkish hair, and spring green suit... Her pink hair must be a wig because her curls have shifted slightly off-center since her encounter with Haymitch."

"I'm taken aback by how normal he looks. Most of the stylists they interview on television are so dyed, stenciled, and surgically altered they're groteesque. But Cinna's close-cropped hair appears to be its natural shade of brown. He's in a simple black shirt and pants. The only concession to self-alteration seems to be a metallic gold eyeliner that has been applied with a light hand. It brings out the flecks of gold in his green eyes. And, despite my disgust with the Capitol and their hideous fashions, I can't help thinking how attractive it looks."

"A monstrous boy who lunges forward to volunteer from District 2... I wonder now if Cato might not be entirely sane."

"It's a little scary, because his appearance has been virtually unchanged during [his forty years of hosting the interviews]. Same face under a coating of pure white makeup. Same hairstyle that he dyes a different color for each Hunger Games. Same ceremonial suit, midnight blue dotted with a thousand tiny electric bulbs that twinkle like stars... This year, Caesar's hair is powder blue and his eyelids and lips are coated in the same hue. He looks freakish but less frightening than he did last year when his color was crimson and he seemed to be bleeding."

"The dark red hair, the striking features, the porcelain white skin... 'What's an Avox?' I ask stupidly. 'Someone who committed a crime. They cut her tongue so she can't speak,' says Haymitch. 'She's probably a traitor of some sort. Not likely you'd know her.'"

"She's the twelve-year-old, the one who reminded me so of Prim in stature. Up close she looks about ten. She has bright, dark eyes and satiny brown skin and stands tilted up on her toes with her arms slightly extended to her sides, as if ready to take wing at the slightest sound. It's impossible not to think of a bird."

"A fox-faced girl with sleek red hair from District 5."

"Sitting at Prim's knees, guarding her, is the world's ugliest cat. Mashed-in nose, half of one ear missing, eyes the color of rotting squash. Prim named him Buttercup, insisting that his muddy yellow coat matched the bright flower. He hates me. Or at least distrusts me. Even though it was years ago, I think he still remembers how I tried to drown him in a bucket when Prim brought him home. Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with worms, crawling with fleas."