Photos: The Mockingjay Part 2 World Premiere in Berlin

Today is the day we've been waiting for! Mockingjay Part 2 had its WORLD PREMIERE in Berlin, Germany. Check out all the pretty, pretty the pics from the gala event at the CineStar Sony Center in Berlin. 

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Willow Shields, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks, Jena Malone, Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer, Michelle Forbes, director Francis Lawrence, and producers Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik attended the premiere.

Red Carpet:

Red Carpet Cast Interviews:

If you speak German, this will probably be awesome:

Liam, Jennifer, Josh and Elizabeth from Liam's twitter

See ALL of the photos in our Mockingjay Part 2 World Premiere Gallery. 

Photos & VIDEO: The Mockingjay Part 2 Press Conferences In Berlin

The Mockingjay Part 2 cast and crew is doing a couple days of press ahead of the Mockingjay Part 2 World Premiere in Berlin tomorrow (get the premiere details here). 

Images thanks to klatsch-tratsch.de

Mockingjay Part 2 Premiere Information

Phot via @MargaretGGG on twitter

Feeling overwhelmed with all of the Mockingjay info flying at you this week? we are too! Here's the most updated information we have on the Mockingjay Part 2 premieres happening this week and next. We'll add new info as it's announced. 

November 4 - Berlin, Germany. LIVESTREAM 1 LIVESTREAM 2
Sony Centre in Berlin. Red Carpet 5:40pm German time/4:40pm UK time and 8:40am PT/11:40am ET for the US. Cast attendees are Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Willow Shields, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks, Mahershala Ali, Jena Malone, Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer, director Francis Lawrence, and producers Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik.

November 5 - London, UK LIVESTREAM 1 LIVESTREAM 2
Odeon Leicester Square in London. Red Carpet 5:30 GMT/9:30am PT/12:30pm ET Cast attendees: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Claflin and Natalie Dormer, director Francis Lawrence, along with producers Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik.

November 9 - Paris, France
Le Grand Rex theatre in Paris. Time listed is 8:15pm CET/7:15pm GMT/11:15amPT/2:15pmET Cast attendees: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, and director Francis Lawrence.

November 10 - Madrid, Spain
Cine Kinépolis Ciudad de la Imagen de Madrid on November 10th. The doors will open at 8:30 pm CET, and the screening will begin at 10 pm CET. That's 4pmGMT/11:30amPT/2:30pm ET. Cast attendees: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth.

November 12 - Beijing, China
Venue and cast attendees are TBA. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, director Francis Lawrence, and producer Nina Jacobson expected.

November 16 - Los Angeles, USA
Microsoft Theater, LA Live , Los Angeles. Film starts at 7:30pmPT. Last year the red carpet live stream began at 6pmPT. Cast attendees TBA but likely most of the cast will attend. 

Keep track of all things Mockingjay Part 2 using our Mockingjay Part 2 tab at the top of the page. We'll be organizing all the premieres, press, trailers, tv spots there for you to find easily! 

Sam Claflin on The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence & Social Media in The Guardian

Sam Claflin is featured in a new fashion shoot and interview with The Guardian. In the interview Sam touched on everything from filming The Hunger Games movies to social media and Jennifer Lawrence's fame. 

On Mockingjay Part 2:

"Yeah, we had a refresher screening the other day, which was helpful. Before that I couldn’t really remember who I played or what I said,” he jokes. “But I think it’s a great climax to the series. It feels like the end of an era. I was sad to see it end, but also happy."

On filming The Hunger Games movies:

"It was a bit like being on holiday with your friends. A lot of the time I was just running around Hawaii with Jen and Josh [Hutcherson] and Lynn Cohen." 

On the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman:

“I probably shouldn’t talk about it much,” says Claflin. “But it hit us all very hard. It was very unexpected, very sad. He was not only a hero to millions, but a personal hero of mine. The way he did something with every role. It’s so upsetting that you’ll never see him in a new film.” 

On the loneliness of filming:

“I’ve definitely experienced the loneliness of the job. During the first Hunger Games we were out in Atlanta for six months. I was in a hotel, and all I had for company was a box set of Friends. In a way it was helpful that I had to be in such good shape: for months my routine went gym-chicken-bed-gym-chicken-bed-work, repeat.”

On his casting as Finnick Odair:

“You read the books and my character’s meant to look like a kind of Greek god. I wouldn’t have cast me: a pale, English, overweight, stubbled kid. I like a beer and a burger. I got nominated for a ‘Best topless scene’ against Zac Efron. I mean, how am I going to compete with Zac Efron?”

On Jennifer Lawrence and social media:

“Jen, bless her, puts up with a lot. It’s frightening to see that kind of thing, the idea that you can’t have a private life. I keep a Twitter and Instagram page because I don’t want to invite people into my world too much. It’s my way of letting the fans think they are seeing my real life, but in reality I’m pushing them away.”

On social media and his responsibility to his younger fans:  

“A lot of my followers are at an age where they aren’t able to drink or get tattoos or anything, and there’s a duty to them that lots of people don’t pay attention to. For example I’m going to a mate’s house tonight, but I’m not going to tweet pictures of myself drunk. The music industry is so messed up – look at someone like Miley Cyrus, who is just sex and drugs. The thought that one day my kid might look up to someone like that is…” he trails off and shakes his head.

On being thought of as a heartthrob:

“I hate being offered heart-throb after heart-throb,” he says, only half-joking. “It is something that stresses me out about the industry that because you’ve done one part you can’t do any others – you want to say: ‘I act, you know. I can pretend.’

Sam Claflin Says The Lizard Mutt Scene in Mockingjay Part 2 Was the "Hardest day of work I’ve ever done"

Sam Claflin is InStyle UK's Man of Style for November. In the article he has a bit to say about Mockingjay Part 2 and a very important scene in the film for his character Finnick Odair. *SPOILERS* If you haven't read Mockingjay Part 2 Do NoT PROCEED! Sam also talks about his training, career to date, and the reason he’s not so keen on selfies. 

 

So, Sam, let’s cut to the chase. As anyone who has read the trilogy of books knows, in the next instalment of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 [out this month]  your character gets “decapitated by a lizard muttation.” How do you even begin to prepare for that?

gif by leaveatrail.tumblr.comThat was the hardest day of work I’ve ever done. I was continually fighting, killing one stunt guy after another, and all for a grizzly end.

But that’s why one goes into acting, right? The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.

Weirdly, yes. I was very sporty growing up, and through drama school I focussed more on fight choreography and stage combat and less on Shakespeare. My dad and I enjoyed watching action films: all the Bonds, Braveheart, Gladiator. Lots of epic historical films. But The Goonies was and is my favourite movie. 

In your next film, the heartstring-tugger Me Before You, you play Will Traynor, a paralyzed man. You’re also in talks to play Robin Friday, an English soccer player who died at age 38. Even Finnick, though superheroic, is human in the end. You seem attracted to the mortal in an age when so many actors are donning capes and masks.

I’m open-minded. If the right script came along, I would happily jump aboard. But the main thing is, I want to be challenged in new ways & work with interesting people. I’m not in a rush to win an Oscar or even try to go down that route.

You’ve got a bit of a tween fan base. Do you feel pressure to act in a certain way? Is it something you discuss with your wife, who is also an actress?

I suppose I have a certain following that my wife, Laura [Haddock], doesn’t. But in general, she’s much more publicly scrutinized – for everything from how she behaves to what she wears – than I am. As we’re both actors, we don’t talk much about it. To us, it’s just normal. As for my fans, I’m respectful of the age group that’s interested in me. I try not to swear too much, and, well…it’s a difficult balance. I like to drink, and I have a tattoo, but I keep it quiet. I don’t want kids saying, “He’s got one, so I’ll get one.”

What’s your tattoo of?

It’s a red and black swallow on my left inner bicep.

Who did you look up to as a kid?

That’s easy – David Beckham. I’ve played football every day of my life.

Oh, he has a ton of tattoos. You guys could bond over that. Have you met him?

No. I was at a party and he was there, but I was too nervous to approach him. It’s the second time I’ve really been quite speechless and giddy and childish. I hate the selfie things, but I saw Paul Rudd in a hotel in New York, and I have a secret man crush on him. I wanted to take a picture with him, but I said to myself, “I can’t stoop to that level”. I wish I had, though. I was telling my wife, who knows I love him, that I saw him and she said “Prove it,” and I couldn’t.

What’s your issue with selfies?

I was in the gym the other day when these two women arrived in their gym gear. After taking 10 minutes’ worth of selfies in front of the mirror, they went to every machine in turn and took more, with that little duck face people pull. It really bothered me. Their workout consisted of them taking photos of themselves on equipment. It’s a vanity the world has taken on. I don’t feel like I’ve worked out unless I’m dripping with sweat and probably looking my worst. Why do people want to see that? I think it’s part of a larger issue of how much we rely on computers. Even in my work, I worry about how much we rely on CGI. Animation is getting so good that soon we’ll just be voices, then manufactured voices and out of a job.

Would you prefer to be in another era, doing the lo-fi epics Errol Flynn did?

Yeah, I think I would. They literally slap their thighs and the music comes in at exactly the right moment. But I don’t know if people back then took those action films seriously.

Is being taken seriously a big concern?

It’s quite low down [laughs]. I think there are parts of me that would like to be taken seriously. But a lot of roles are offered to someone who’s better or more handsome.

Can anyone really be more handsome, Sam?

There’s a Hollywood hierarchy, and the same parts are offered to the same people. There’s a pool, and I’m on the outskirts trying to get in. I’m very lucky though. I have friends who would happily do the script I’ve just said no to. It’s a first world problem, but it is a problem I’m having. 

Special thanks to SamClaflinFans and @captainswanftw for the article and photos. 

New 'Mockingjay Part 2' Stills Revealed on Twitter

Oh, hey there completely heartbreaking photo of Willow Shields as Prim!

The Hunger Games twitter account is revealing a still each day this week, based on your vote in their daily poll. Here are the stills revealed so far. We'll be updating this post with more as they're posted! Be sure to vote to select YOUR favorite on twitter!

Newest 'Mockingjay Part 2' Stills Feature Peeta, Katniss, Finnick, Johanna, Squad 451

The newest batch of very serious-looking Mockingjay Part 2 stills out today feature Finnick, Johanna and a very melancholy Katniss, a tiny glimpse at handcuffed Peeta, a very protective Gale and Squad 451. Check them out thanks to QuarterQuell. 

Sam Claflin for Flaunt Magazine

We've got some new photos of Sam Claflin from an upcoming issue of Flaunt Magazine thanks to SamClaflin.org.