who does josh hutcherson play in the hunger games?
Peeta Mellark
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 During the SETI program , Earth 's scientists send out transmissions ( shown to be the Arecibo message ) with information about Earth and its inhabitants , DNA structure , etc . , in hopes of finding life beyond Earth . They then receive transmissions from an alien source on how to create endless fuel effortlessly . Therefore , the scientists assume that this is a friendly alien species . From a second alien transmission , the scientists receive information about an alien DNA along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA . A government team led by Xavier Fitch ( Ben Kingsley ) goes forward with the genetic experiment attempting to induce a female , under the ( later proved to be mistaken ) assumption that a female would have " more docile and controllable " traits . One of the hundred experimental ova produces a girl named Sil , who looks like a normal human but develops into a 12 @-@ year @-@ old in 3 months . 

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 Nathan Lane originally auditioned for Zazu , and Ernie Sabella , for one of the hyenas . Upon meeting each other at the recording studio , the actors , who at the time both co @-@ starred in Guys and Dolls , were asked to record together as hyenas . The directors laughed at their performance and decided to cast them as Timon and Pumbaa . For the hyenas , the original intention was to reunite Cheech & Chong , but while Cheech Marin accepted to play Banzai , Tommy Chong was unavailable . Thus his role was changed into a female hyena , Shenzi , who was voiced by Whoopi Goldberg . 

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 Meanwhile , Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) prepares to take the Academy entrance exam himself . He succeeds in passing several parts of the exam , and helps Mordock ( John Putch ) , a highly talented Benzite and fellow competitor , to solve a difficult test problem so that they may both advance . Wesley is worried about the psychological part of the exam , and he is directed to a room to wait for the test to start . 

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 Hutcherson 's other early film appearances include Little Manhattan , Zathura ( both 2005 ) , RV ( 2006 ) , Bridge to Terabithia ( 2007 ) , Journey to the Center of the Earth ( 2008 ) , and The Kids Are All Right ( 2010 ) . In 2011 , he landed the leading role of Peeta Mellark in the box office record @-@ setting film series The Hunger Games , released annually from 2012 to 2015 , for which he won three MTV Movie Awards and a People 's Choice Award . During the same period he also played a lead role in Journey 2 : The Mysterious Island ( 2012 ) and a voice role in the animated film Epic ( 2013 ) . 

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 Virgin estimated the game would provide 20 – 25 hours of game play for adults and 80 – 100 hours for children . The season two cast provided all voices except for Michael Benyaer as Hadji and Charles Howerton as Dr. Quest . The game 's music featured a " high @-@ intensity orchestral sound " prone to monotony . One reviewer praised Roswell for " good entertainment and variety " , but regretted low replay value and no modes of difficulty . Critics were divided over the puzzles , naming them both " ingenious " and " elementary " . Peter Scisco of ComputerLife and FamilyPC 's testers criticized some of the puzzles for relying on " reflexes , not logical thinking " . 
