10 'Hunger Games' Set Secrets, Including the Scene That 'Horrified' Jennifer Lawrence & More!

7. Woody Harrelson had to be convinced to play Haymitch…

“I turned down Hunger Games twice,” Woody told The Hollywood Reporter. “I didn’t have any idea it would be that big, but I didn’t think it was a good part. I was wrong. It was a terrific part, and it was a terrific thing, but thank God [director] Gary Ross called me. And [executive] Alli Shearmur, too. I turned [the Han Solo movie] down twice, too, and the same person, S, wouldn’t take no for an answer.”