“Who doesn’t love a comeback?”
“Like, Im supposed to be somewhere!”
So, should we call this the comeback of Josh Hutcherson?
Josh Hutcherson in ‘The Beekeeper’ and ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’.MGM / Universal Pictures - Design: Alex Sandoval
The Hutcher-ssance, if you will?
Who doesnt love a comeback?"
he says, before going on to dispute the term a little.
Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence in ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’.Everett Collection
“I have maintained working and stuff,” the actor continues.
“I think its just reframing myself, because I’m not the 18-year-old kid inHunger Games.”
He remembers telling his parents at the age of 9 that he wanted to be an actor.
Josh Hutcherson in ‘The Beekeeper’.Everett Collection
“They said, ‘Okay.
When youre older, you’re able to try it.’
I was like, ‘No, Ive got to do it now,'” he says.
“I found a phone book and called an acting agency.
My parents were like, hell, I guess this kid wont stop.
And the rest is history.
The actor describes the ensuing few years as “wildly transformative.”
“I shot the firstHunger Gameswhen I was 18,” he recalls.
“Eighteen to 22 were my university years.
That was my college.
The movies were so fun to make and then the press tours were just wild.
But then I missed it,” he continues.
“I missed making the movies, I missed being on tour with the whole gang.”
After his time on theHunger Gamesconcluded, Hutcherson appeared in James Franco’sThe Disaster Artistand a crime thriller calledBurn.
“That was insane, man.
“I hadnt done much comedy in my life and definitely had not been the lead of a show.
That was really an exercise of not judging yourself and being an absolute clown.
I had a lot of fun doing that.”
It wasthe guy spotted in the trailergetting pulled off the bridge.
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Ayer himself says he cast Hutcherson in the role because, “He’s arealactor.”
That was so much of the fun of this, working against expectation.
Its such a new lane for Josh.
Hutcherson’sFive Nights at Freddy’scostars includedMatthew Lillard, who describes his work on the film as grounded.
“In a movie like this, you need that kind of authenticity,” Lillard remarks.
“It allows people like me to chew the scenery behind him.”
“Im coming into the next era of my career, being in my early 30s.
I think thatFreddysis a great stepping stone in that regard because Mike feels older.
He doesnt feel like a teenager, he feels like a young man.
Im really excited to see what that brings me in the future.”
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