FIRST PIC: See Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Before he used to be formally cast as Finnick Odar on August 22, naysayers puzzled if the generally slim Sam Claflin had what it takes to play the hunky, womanizing victor from District 4 in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

The English actor, 26, silenced the ones critics when he was once photographed in dress on set in Atlanta, Georgia, September 13. A shirtless Claflin — who most just lately starred opposite Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman — looked extra muscular than ever, revealing his tight abs and bulging biceps in between takes.

The day prior, Claflin was observed dressed in black spandex pants — the similar ones his persona makes use of while training to compete the deathly Quarter Quell. Claflin's costars Josh Hutcherson, Jena Malone, Willow Shields and Alan Ritchson have been additionally photographed strolling round the set.

Other actors who were thought to be for the a part of Finnick Odar included The Social Network's Armie Hammer, 25, Battleship's Taylor Kitsch, 31, and Country Strong's Garrett Hedlund, 27.

"They did [approach me]," Hedlund recently admitted to MTV News. "But I was working on [On the Road] at the time. We shot the whole film in 23 days and I was really immersed in it. I couldn't get around [to reading the Hunger Games novels]."

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"Everybody around me is flipping out about the books, and I didn't really have the time to sit down lately to read any book, not just Hunger Games," Hedlund added. "But I've got a couple [projects] on my plate that I'm looking forward to reading now."

Directed by Water for Elephants' Francis Lawrence and in keeping with the dystopian novel by way of Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire shall be released in theaters November 22, 2013. Original stars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth will reprise their roles as Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne, respectively.

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