Jena Malone Joins Cast Of ‘The Hunger Game: Catching Fire’

Deadline is reporting that Jena Malone (Sucker Punch) has been cast in the role of Johanna Mason in the sequel to The Hunger Games. Other actresses had been up for the role and Malone was first rumored to be in talks earlier in the month and has now officially signed on. Johanna Mason is the female victor of an unidentified Games from District 7. She was reaped for the third Quarter Quell. She was one of the youngest tributes in the Quarter Quell. She is the last living female victor of District 7, whose principal industry is lumber. In her original Hunger Games, Johanna pretended to be a weakling, feigning hunger and fatigue, when in reality she was sly and cunning. She is considered to be most psychologically scarred Quarter Quell participants.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire hits theaters November 22, 2013.