Robert Pattinson `top choice for The Hunger Games sequel`

New York: Robert Pattinson has reportedly being pursued to play the character Finnick Odair in ‘Catching Fire,’ the sequel to ‘The Hunger Games’.

According to a website, a studio source has said that Pattinson is a top choice for the role after with Lionsgate confirmed Francis Lawrence as the director of the sequel, a leading daily has reported. The duo has worked together in the past, in the film ‘Water For Elephants.’ In the ‘Hunger Games’ mythology, Finnick Odair is one of the battle royale’s youngest winners, the victor for the 65th annual Hunger Games. When he appears in the book ‘Catching Fire,’ he is in his mid-twenties and is noted to be very good looking, which is a perfect fit for Pattinson. ANI