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"Jennifer Lawrence has claimed that Sigourney Weaver will be one of her main inspirations when she begins work on the upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins&amp;#039; popular teen trilogy The Hunger Games. Earlier this week Lawrence was cast as the film&amp;#039;s young heroine Katniss Everdeen. Lawrence cited Weaver&amp;#039;s iconic action hero Ripley from the Alien franchise as a point of comparison for how she intends to approach the character. &amp;quot;Signourney Weaver&amp;#039;s Ripley in Alien is the first [film] that comes to mind,&amp;quot; Lawrence told EW. The actress, who has proven a controversial casting choice with fans of the novel due to both her age and natural blonde hair colour, insisted that she is aware of the pressure she faces. &amp;quot;I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book, and I don&amp;#039;t take it lightly,&amp;quot; Lawrence added. &amp;quot;I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins&amp;#039; masterpiece.&amp;quot; Despite his controversial choice of actress, director Gary Ross recently claimed that signing up Lawrence was &amp;quot;the easiest casting decision I ever made in my life&amp;quot;. The Hunger Games is tentatively set for release in 2012.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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