Sam Claflin is cast as Finnick in 'Catching Fire'
Sam Claflin, last seen in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' and 'Snow White and the Huntsman,' is experiencing a meteoric career rise.
Sam Claflin, last seen in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' and 'Snow White and the Huntsman,' is experiencing a meteoric career rise.
By
Molly Driscoll , Staff Writer
Actor Sam Claflin has been cast in the role of Finnick Odair for the 鈥淗unger Games鈥� second film installment 鈥淐atching Fire.鈥�
Claflin has been part of high-profile projects over the last year, appearing in his first big role as missionary Philip in 鈥淧irates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides鈥� in 2011. He also played William, one third of a love triangle with Snow White in the Kristen Stewart vehicle 鈥淪now White and the Huntsman鈥� this summer.
In Collins鈥� book, Finnick is a charming, outsize personality, and heroine Katniss is unsure at first of whether he can be trusted.