Trick arrows constructed specifically as props for both films and do not function as they are portrayed. A live-action variety of explosive arrow, kit-bashed from two M203 grenades, was used in the movie "Predator". The character Yeoman of the "Wild Cards" superhero anthology series also makes occasional use of exploding arrows. Bo and Luke Duke from "The Dukes of Hazzard" used arrows with dynamite tied to them because they were banned from having firearms after being caught moonshine running. Trick arrows were also featured in the book Mockingjay, the third book in the Hunger Games series, when both the heroine, Katniss Everdeen,
The Hunger Games (novel) Twenty-year-old actress Jennifer Lawrence was chosen to play Katniss Everdeen. Though Lawrence was four years older than the character when filming began, Collins felt the role demanded "a certain maturity and power" and said she would rather the actress be older than younger. She added that Lawrence was the "only one who truly captured the character I wrote in the book" and that she had "every essential quality necessary to play Katniss." Lawrence, a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role, initially intimidated by the size of the production. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth were later