New 'Mockingjay Part 1' Images From The Hunger Games Instagram & The Hunger Games Explorer

New Mockingjay Part 1 images and cast bios are being released by TheHungerGamesExplorer.com and The Hunger Games official instagram account. Today, we got a look at Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne and Natalie Dormer as Cressida. 

Liam Hemsworth [Gale Hawthorne] has a quiet intensity that transcends the big screen. Demonstrating versatility and skill in a range of performances, Hemsworth has proven to be one of the most sought after actors of his generation. 

Actress Natalie Dormer [Cressida] stars as Margaery Tyrell, the would-be queen,in HBO's award-winning series Game of Thrones, which will soon begin production on it's 5th season. 

We'll be getting new content every day for the next 7 days - 8 days total. Some of you have suggested that this might count down to an announcement about the film. Stay tuned to find out! Be sure to follow The Hunger Games official instagram account and check back here daily for the latest. And read the full cast bios at TheHungerGamesExplorer.com. 

Hack Into The Capitol.PN and Unlock Cressida's Confidential Case File

The mobile District13.co.in site promised us 5 "hacks" and number 1 arrived today shortly after the surprise release of the new "Rebel Warrior" Mockingjay Part 1 character posters. To hack TheCapitol.PN you will need your mobile device and a desktop computer. 

First: Go to m.district13.co.in on a browser on your device. If you're outside the US, you can try going directly to m.district13.co.in/signin   if you have trouble. Connect with either twitter or facebook.

Second: Open TheCapitol.PN on your desktop computer. Enter the session ID number from the upper right corner of TheCapitol.PN into your device. 

You should then see this on your mobile device:

And your desktop will change to this:

 

Third: Touch "01 Hack Discovered" on your mobile device. You'll get this screen on your device. Touch initiate:

Fourth: Keep TheCapitol.PN open on your desktop computer screen while you complete the challenge. Lock your device screen to portrait and complete the gyroscopic challenge. (Just keep the blue line between the pie pieces):

Your desktop screen will change and start a countdown as you complete the challenge on your device. 

After successfully completing the challenge, your device will display this: 

And TheCapitol.PN will change Cressida's file from

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Looks like The Capitol didn't get the intel correct on the spelling of Castor's name yet. But, what a freaking COOL mobile site. We're looking forward to the rest of the hacks we'll be unlocking in the coming weeks. Hopefully one of them will be Katniss?!?!?

Thanks to our friends at QuarterQuell.org and WelcomeToDistrict12 for their help and advice on unlocking the hacks. They OBVIOUSLY hail from District 3, so make sure to follow them!

Omid Abtahi & The 'Mockingjay' Cast Give 'The Hunger Games' Salute

Omid Abtahi (he plays Homes in Mockingjay) posted a great picture to his twitter today. He and Natalie Dormer (Cressida), Michelle Forbes (Jackson) and Mahershala Ali (Boggs) from the Mockingjay cast giving the Hunger Games 3 finger salute with the caption, "Getting close to the end. This has been fun.  #mockingjay"

Photo courtesy @AbtahiOmid on twitterYou can follow Omid on twitter at @AbtahiOmid.

Natalie Dormer Talks About "Doing Right By The Book" With Cressida's Shaved Head in Glamour

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Natalie Dormer is featured in the upcoming June issue of Glamour magazine. She talks about her roles in Mockingjay and Game of Thrones and, of course, the hair thing.

"It’s fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair. But in the Mockingjay novel, Cressida is described as having a shaved head and a vine tattoo, and I wanted to do right by the book."

So how'd she feel about the dramatic cut? "Peculiar at first, but then you take a deep breath and keep everything in perspective, " she says. "It just takes some time to get used to. My fiance (writer and director Anthony Byrne) has very short, spiky hair, and I think a lot of women like the sensation of rubbing their fingers over quite short, shaved hair. I certainly do. But I've normally done that with the men in my life - not on the side of my own head! A lot of my friends ask to touch my head, I just stand there and get stroked for five minutes - it’s a free massage!" And when it comes down to it, Dormer is a no B. S. woman:

"Cutting one side of your head for a few months is not a big deal compared with what other people have to deal with in the world. Plus, hair grows back."

One of the unexpected side effects of her wild hair is a wilder fashion sense. "When half of your head is shaved, you can play more. I think sometimes people are scared of the critique. I get it - it’s terrifying when images go online within half an hour. But passing judgement on someone else is a reflection of your own insecurities. We all make mistakes. We all have a fashion faux pas, choose the wrong script, write the wrong song. But it’s only by taking chances and occasionally getting it wrong that we grow."

Natalie plays "Game of Groans" with Glamour:

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Photo edits by stormborns.

Natalie Dormer on the Similarity Between Her 'Mockingjay' & 'Game of Thrones' Roles

Natalie Dormer talked to Vulture recently about her role as Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones. She touched on the one similarity between her Mockingjay and Game of Thrones characters:

Since Margaery plays a war of words, did that help you find common ground, to play Cressida, the propaganda filmmaker from Mockingjay?

You know, that's an interesting point. Cressida is employed by the rebellion in this modern capacity that we would recognize as PR and propaganda, winning over hearts and minds in the civil war. And yeah, what Margaery does is modern PR-stunting. So yes, there would be a similarity between the two characters, that they are astute at media manipulation. But that would probably be the only similarity. [Laughs.] Margaery is not running around with a semi-automatic rifle and army boots! Which I actually quite enjoyed. There was this great scene in episode one this season between Margaery and Brienne, and they talked about the difference between fighting with words and fighting with weaponry, and a woman's lot in Westeros, as it were, but unfortunately a lot of that scene got cut. Maybe it'll end up on the extra features on the DVD.

Can you imagine if Margaery got to be more physical? After all, her brother Loras is a famed swordsman

It would be great if Margaery Tyrell could do a bit of a Katniss Everdeen, and pick up a bow and arrow! In my dreams!  [Laughs.]

Read the entire article HERE.

Natalie Dormer on Her 'Mockingjay' Audition and Shaving Half Her Head for the Role of Cressida

Natalie Dormer talks about her audition for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay and shaving half her head for the role on Today this morning.

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Natalie also stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers, mostly to chat about Game of Thrones but they also snuck in a little snippet about Mockingjay.

Natalie Dormer Featured in GQ's April Issue

Image courtesy sylviagetyourheadouttheoven.tumblr.comNatalie Dormer is featured in the April issue of GQ and talks a bit about her transformation into "bad-ass" documentarian Cressida for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2.

Image courtesy sylviagetyourheadouttheoven.tumblr.comShout out to the clipper-happy groomers at The Hunger Games: Mockingjay who shaved half of Dormer's head for her role as "bad-ass" documentarian Cressida. (She'll be in both finale installments.) She didn't mourn very long for her lost mane before moving, she says, into "Phase 'Rock It Out.'"
In other words, despite her milkmaid face and her rosebud mouth - usually fridge magnet askew - the buzz cut gives her a "shitload of attitude." Which is good because that's kind of her thing.

The recovering tomboy and adrenaline junkie lives like the kind of action-movie lead she hopes to be someday. She's currently training for the London marathon, would rather you NOT open difficult jars for her, thanks, and picked up a scuba diving addiction after filming an underwater crash scene at some "post-Iron Curtain leisure center" (her words) in the Czech Republic. "I love going out of my comfort zone. I LIVE to go out of my comfort zone," she says. Obviously, you have quieter years than others - you don't go jumping out of a plane every day."

Natalie Dormer Talks Jennifer Lawrence and Joining the Hunger Games Family

E! Online spoke with Natalie Dormer at the SAG Awards, where she debuted her half-shaved Mockingjay hairdo, and they just revealed a little more from their conversation on the red carpet. Dormer says she is ecstatic about being a part of the Hunger Games family.

The 31-year-old actress, who plays Cressida in the upcoming two Mockingjay films, gushed about the highly anticipated films and her awesome costar Jennifer Lawrence.

"It's the best family to be a part of," Dormer said. "I'm so happy to be a part of the Hunger Games family, really."

As for her character in the film, Dormer explained, "Cressida, she's a documentary filmmaker turned rebel. She's left the Capitol to join the rebellion against Snow. She's got that Capitol funk style going on, but now she's like practical rebel and believes in the cause."

And Dormer definitely gets in on the action scenes alongside Lawrence's Katniss. "Well, anyone who knows the book knows that Cressida follows Katniss into the field," she dished. "I'm pretty much Katniss' guide for the majority."

As for working with J.Law, Dormer says "yes" she's as cool as you'd think. "She's a total chick," she said. "She's gorgeous."

Dormer also had to shave half of her head for the Mockingjay role. "The hair department of Mockingjay did it and I love it," she told us. "A little trepidation, but I was excited."

Natalie Dormer Debuts Cressida's Mockingjay Hairdo at the SAG Awards

Natalie Dormer debuted the hairdo for her Mockingjay character, Cressida, at last night's SAG Awards. Dormer shocked most of the world (but THRILLED us - it looks amazing on her) with her half-shaved head on the red carpet. Natalie confirmed that the hair is part of Mockingjay. She told E! News, "The hair department of Mockingjay did it and I love it. A little trepidation but I was excited."

She went on to share with Entertainment Weekly, "It’s been hidden for 3 months. It happened back in October. I was, you know, waiting for the right moment. Francis Lawrence, the director of Mockingjay, and I discussed it and I took the job on the premise that I would possibly [have to] shave my whole head. I’m actually really pleased that we went halfway because I think it’s more the Capitol… and that’s where Cressida comes from… I think it’s right for the character."

She also noted, “It was a bit weird lying in bed for the first few nights. [One] side feels normal, [the other] side doesn’t feel so normal against the pillow,” she said. ”[And] hats fit differently.”

Dormer had previously commented on how they were going to interpret Cressida's bald, tattooed look from the book into the Mockingjay film in an interview with VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live in October:

“I haven’t shaved off all my head hair, no. But it's definitely an interesting interpretation of the reference in the book. I would like to think that people won’t be disappointed with the choices that we made.”

 

Natalie Dormer Talks 'Mockingjay Part 1'

Natalie Dormer was interviewed on the red carpet before the holidays promoting Delta's newest transatlantic flight, and she talked a little about her crazy shooting schedule for Mockingjay Part 1. Sounds like she may be back on set in Atlanta very soon.

Natalie Dormer one of L.A. Times "Faces To Watch in 2014"

Natalie Dormer, who will play Cressida in Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2, has just been named one of Los Angeles Times' "Faces to Watch in 2014."

From L.A. Times:

Audiences familiar with Natalie Dormer are probably accustomed to seeing her dressed up in royal garb, from the flowing gowns of Anne Boleyn on the Showtime series "The Tudors" to the ornate dresses of would-be queen Margaery Tyrell on HBO's "Game of Thrones." Next November, the 31-year-old British actress will show a different side as Cressida, the intrepid documentary filmmaker and revolutionary in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, the first installment of the series' two-part finale.

"It's such a departure for me," Dormer said, speaking on the telephone from Britain. "At the moment, people think of me in long skirts, with long brunet hair, so [it's a change] to be running around in combat trousers and flat army boots."

A role in the blockbuster series, which Dormer will reprise for "Part 2" in 2015, could spell a new level of fame for the actress, who in addition to "Game of Thrones" this year appeared in the Formula 1 racing drama "Rush" and the Ridley Scott thriller "The Counselor." She has also completed work on "Posh," director Lone Scherfig's adaptation of the Laura Wade play about an elite social club at Oxford University, as well as the indie dramas "Fencewalker" and "A Long Way From Home."

VIDEO: Natalie Dormer on 'Mockingjay 1 & 2' and Cressida's LOOK!

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Naltalie Dormer (cressida) was on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live this morning promoting her new movie, The Counselor, and she spilled some great info - and some lies - about Mockingjay 1 & 2. Read on to hear what she has to say about Cressida's look and how they departed from the book.

“I get to wear pants and flat shoes!” she laughed. “No, it’s just fun to be, you know, she’s a serious professional whose joined the rebellion cause. Cressida is meant to be an incredibly talented documentary film director who was following Katniss around. I’m just really excited about her professional skill; she’s joined the rebellion out of a place called conviction, which is very interesting to me.”

Another interesting thing about Cressida is her appearance. When Katniss first meets the filmmaker she’s described as having “a shaved head tattooed with green vines.”

Dormer might have showed up on Big Morning Buzz Live with flowing blonde locks, but we had to ask if she was pulling a “Karen Gillan” on us. At Comic-Con, Gillan stunned everyone when she revealed that her hair was a wig and that she had actually shaved her long red hair to play Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Dormer revealed, “I haven’t shaved all my head of hair off, no.” However, before fans get in a tizzy, she did remark that her look is “definitely an interesting interpretation of the reference in the book. I would like to think that people won’t be disappointed with the choices that we made.”

Natalie Dormer on 'The Hunger Games' & The Strength of Fantasy

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Natalie Dormer, who will play propaganda film director Cressida in Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2, spoke eloquently about what The Hunger Games means to her and the importance of fantasy while promoting her current film, Rush.

From NYPost.com:

Perhaps the biggest deal, though, is the role she’s scheduled to start shooting next: “Mockingjay,” the two-part final installment of the “Hunger Games” series. She’ll play Cressida, a film director who leaves the comfort of the Capitol to document Katniss Everdeen and the uprising she’s inspired.

“It’s incredible how poignant an allegory it is for what’s going on in the real world,” says Dormer of the series. “You only need to turn on the television and watch the terrible things about Syria, about a government turning on their own people.

“That’s the strength of fantasy,” she says, “whether it’s ‘Game of Thrones’ or ‘Hunger Games,’ where you can make a really strong statement about society without getting caught up in the constrictions of current politics.”

Natalie Dormer in V Magazine's "Next Wave of Superstars"

Our newly minted Cressida was just featured in V Magazine's "Next Wave of Superstars."

Photo by Nathaniel Goldberg Upon speaking to blue-eyed Briton Natalie Dormer, one instantly understands the constant chatter surrounding her. “It’s all great fun,” says the Game of Thrones actress of the skill that has landed her not only on the fantasy television series but also opposite the likes of Hollywood heartthrobs Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender. “It was a dream couple of days work…just a joy,” she says of her time filming Ridley Scott’s The Counselor, penned by Cormac McCarthy and out in October. Dormer is being coy. The trained stage actress is an intellectual—she sees her preparation of a Jacobean text for a possible performance with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a fun mind game. “Good for the ol’ brain cells,” she says. “I suppose I’m a bit of a geek that way. It’s lucky that I enjoy reading, because as an actor you have to do a fuck load of it, whether it be scripts or research.” To prepare for her audition for Ron Howard’s upcoming action biopic, Rush—about the Formula One driver and playboy James Hunt, played by Chris Hemsworth—she researched Hunt’s wife, Suzy Miller, quite heavily. Though the role eventually went to Olivia Wilde, Howard issued a personal plea for Dormer to play a part in the film. “I approach each job as a challenge, and I’m always happy to be there, and sometimes you have these great experiences with people and you never know what is going to happen further down the line.” She recalls when she first came to America, to audition for director Alan Taylor. She didn’t get the part, but two months later she found herself in a casting room with Taylor and writer/creator David Benioff, reading for a new HBO show called Game of Thrones. “How fate twists and turns,” she says. KATE BRANCH