Josh Hutcherson talks about the difficulties of Hollywood after starring in one of the biggest film franchises, The Hunger Games.
In a new interview I love Los Angeles the star spoke about his rise to fame and the harsh realities of the industry.
“I never learned failure. I only knew success, from age 9 to about 24, and then kind of like the post-'Hunger Games' world. Because 'The Hunger Games' sets everything up,” he said in an interview with Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Dinner at my expense podcast. “The industry is so damn hard because they set you up to be like, 'You've arrived. Now you're working with Jennifer Lawrence and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and you're in this movie that's making billions of dollars, you're the second lead in the movie.”
Hutcherson felt the world opened up to him after starring in a film franchise, but felt that “as much as they're happy to put you in the spotlight, they don't want to give you anything else,” adding, “It's very difficult. So I had my first feeling of disappointment, failure, rejection, probably when I was 24 or something like that, 25.”
The actor recalled that he “didn’t receive any offers” and went to auditions, “but didn’t get the role.”
“It’s all like, ‘Wow, I have a career that I’ve been doing since I was 9 years old. It always worked. I was always cast in the role.” Of course, there are things you don't get hired for, but all I knew was that, most likely, if I auditioned, [I] was going to book it. This is not true at all,” he added.
Hutcherson was 18 when he was cast as Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games in 2012. After reprising his role in three sequels, ending with the 2015 film. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Part 1Hutcherson went on to star in films such as 2017. Disaster Artist2023rd Five nights with Freddy and 2024s Beekeeper.
In 2025, Hutcherson repeated his Five Nights at Freddy's role in its sequel and began filming the HBO Max series. I love Los Angeles like Dylan.
