Before Catching Fire was cast there was intense speculation about who would play Finnick Odair. It was probably one of the most anticpated roles of the second instalment of the trilogy. There were numerous fansites polling readers on who they thought should be cast as the tribute from District 4.
When Sam Claflin knew he was in the running, he checked out some of the fansites, only to see that he wasn’t on their radar. As he explains in this clip from the Catching Fire DVD released by Wired, he decided not to do that to himself anymore.
However Sam, if you do see this, please know that we LOVE you as Finnick and think they definitely got it right.