The archctype(典范)of the Hollywood leading man is taller and handsome. But that norm(标准)hasn’t prevented 21-year-old Josh Hutcherson from 21 his ambition to become a Hollywood heartthrob(万人迷).
Hutcherson stands only 1.65 meters tall. On April 13, Hutcherson 22 the best Male Performance Award at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angles for his portrayal (饰演) Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games :Catching Fire.
“This is so wonderful. I know everybody said it, but I grew up watching these awards. How I wish I could win the awards and now I’ m here,and it’s like the 23 thing in the world",said Hutcherson during his acceptance 24 .
Hutcherson dreamed of becoming a movie star from the age of 4. At that time, he expressed his __25 in acting 26 he was teased by other kids at school.
“I didn’t understand, because I just loved doing it and I didn’t know what was wrong with it. It was 27 to me,” he recalled to Movies Online.
28 , Hutcherson finally persuaded his parents to 29 him.
At 12, Hutcherson got his first lead 30 in a movie, Little Manhattan, which earned the young actor 31 . “Mr. Hutcherson emerges (暂露头角)as a child actor worth watching,” The New York Times commented then.
In the years that followed, his passion for acting 32 . After he played his breakthrough leading role in Bridge to Terabithia, he became a(n) 33 , brave boy, he told MoviesOnline.
Hutcherson was a huge 34 of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy(三部曲),so he was excited to hear that film 35 of the books were on the 36 . He had once read all the three books in only five days.
Hutcherson 37 getting the part in The Hunger Games. He said he was able to attract 38 as Peeta because he connected so 39 to the character.
“Peeta is all about staying 40 yourself. He goes into the Games and does everything he can to maintain what he believes in,” Hutcherson told Parade magazine.
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