The Hunger Games movie is about to hit, and it’s poised to make the Twilight phenomenon look like a box-office blip. All this week, we’re taking a close look at the series’ cultural impact.

IN SMASH-HIT movie The Hunger Games, she played a shy wallflower who needed protecting. But 12 years on from the blockbuster, Willow Shields – who played Primrose Everdeen – looks like she ...

Willow Shields played Katniss’ (Jennifer Lawrence) sister Prim on The Hunger Games. Picture: Roadshow Shields, seen here with Lawrence, was only 11 when she rose to fame.

Katniss volunteered to take Prim's place to save her younger sister from participating in the Hunger Games.By the time of the two-part Mockingjay adaptation, Prim was a more mature young woman who ...

In the films, young Prim is initially chosen for the barbaric fight-to-the-death Hunger Games in a ballot at her home in District 12, prompting her older sister to volunteer to take her place.