Sam Claflin cast as Finnick Odair in ‘HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE.’ Everyone swoon or rage.

The sort of casting that sends nerds of a certain proclivity into either ecstasy or angst has taken place. Some dude from movies I haven’t seen has been cast in a pretty important role in the second Hunger Games flick.

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The biggest piece of casting in the sequel to The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, has finally been officially confirmed. Sam Claflin, recently seen in Snow White and the Huntsman, will play Finnick Odair, the cocky, famous, good-looking former winner of the Games who not only forms a rocky alliance with Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), but quickly grows into a much more important role.

The film, based on the novel by Suzanne Collins, will be directed byFrancis Lawrence. Shooting starts soon aimed at a November 22, 2013 release. Read more after the jump.

LionsGate made the previously rumored casting official on their Twitter page.