Olive doesn’t mean they’re Native American or what not, though, it just means they have a different color skin tone. To me, Katniss is darker than white, but not any certain race.

Yeah, they can make white actresses look darker, but why not just get someone that already is because there’s a lot of actresses with olive skin and dark hair.

Kaya is too pale to me and just doesn’t possess the edge that my Katniss has.

Let us not forget that Katniss,her father, and gale all have blue eyes(i meant light eyes.. oops, mybad). Not too many full blooded native have blue eyes. What of Irish decent? both fair and darker complexions could be explained that way… Both me and my brother have Irish blood and could be consider (black) Irish. meaning dark hair, olive skin, and dark or light eyes… if the race depiction has become so narrow in each district i have to agree with Amanda.

Also, any “white” actress could be made to look olive toned with make up… so let’s not dismiss someone because of that. if you become to picky you might end up with someone that looks the part but can’t act at all. what would you rather sacrifice?

P.s. I might have to add a section for this kind of thing in the Forum. People might like to discuss these kinds of things.