Director Gary Ross on The Hunger Games and Jennifer Lawrence

Writer/director Gary Ross read the books and immediately threw his hat in the ring to direct The Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins' bestselling The Hunger Games trilogy, which features a strong, fully fleshed-out female heroine, appeals to a wide demographic and Ross believes there are a lot of valid reasons why the books are so popular.

"I think that on the one hand, it's a heroine premise that's completely engaging," explained Ross. "But I think the fact that Katniss fights to preserve her own humanity in the face of it and won't play their game and stays human, and stays a human being... We can talk about cinematic techniques all you want but really what this comes down to is a very human story and someone who finds her own ethical center. And in finding that and saying in the beginning she's fighting to survive and by the end she's willing to sacrifice her life rather than violate her own morality and the empathy that she's discovered in herself, that resonates with anybody and that's the reason why I wanted to do the movie."

• Read the full article: Gary Ross talks The Hunger Games, his cast, and action scenes

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Director Gary Ross on The Hunger Games and Jennifer Lawrence originally appeared on About.com Hollywood Movies on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 at 09:15:17.

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