Lenny Kravitz Stars in ‘Hunger Games’ Clip

By Maryann Yin 

Lionsgate has released a new clip from The Hunger Games movie featuring the first meeting between Katniss Everdeen and her fashion stylist Cinna (played by musician Lenny Kravitz). The clip is embedded above–what do you think?

Hunger Games book fans will note that this bit of dialogue is not featured in the actual first novel. Fans initially protested the choice, but the clip has drawn 7,000 “likes” on Facebook as of this writing. Entertainment Weekly deemed Kravitz to be “the most intriguing casting choice.”

According to contactmusic.com, Fandango executive VP of ticket sales Rick Butler saw the “biggest first day advance ticket sales in our company’s nearly 12-year history” for The Hunger Games.

The Muppets have decided to go with the old saying, “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” The Wall Street Journal reports that Disney produced a DVD commercial spoofing The Hunger Games. We’ve embedded the video below…