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Grand: Hello and welcome to “Big Ideas on Film”, the only talk show in Australia that gets to the core of the movies making the biggest splash in box office. I’m your host, Kathy Grand and today’s cinematic masterpiece is “The Hunger Games”, and it’s focus on power. I have with me the director of this film, Gary Ross, and the author of this amazing trilogy, Suzanne Collins. Welcome guys, thanks for coming.

Collins: Thanks for having us.

Ross: Pleasure to be here.

Grand: I wanted to start with a few simple questions before we dive into today’s hot topic.

Collins: Sure. Go ahead.

Grand: Well I’m sure you’ve seen how hyped the fans of the incredible book were about it being adapted into a film. From what I can see, you have attracted hundreds more of die-hard fans. Did you expect it to be so popular? …show more content…

I knew we’d have a big response while also attracting other people, i just never expected it to be like this.

Collins: I believe fans were really interested about how it showed more depth of the other characters instead of just Katniss. Yes we changed things, but we’re allowed some creative license to make it different. But the overall response blew me away really. I’m always thankful for anyone that supports me.

Grand: There has been a few dystopian type films, “The Giver” and “Divergent” to name a few, being released but why do you think yours is different from the

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