"If we get to shoot the third one, which I'm really hoping we do, the third one's great. There's a big uprising and rebellion, and my character Gale's a big part of that. If we get to shoot that, I'll be very, very pleased"
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The subtext is also about status. In The Hunger Games, Gale is the politically hard-edged counterweight to Peetas romantic softness. Hemsworth leans into that: "uprising", "rebellion", "big part of that". Its not just plot preview; its a bid to frame Gale as essential, not optional, in the next installment. Franchise actors often fight to avoid being reduced to a love-triangle accessory, and he subtly repositions his character as an engine of history rather than a rival boyfriend.
Theres a cultural moment baked in, too. These films landed in a post-Occupy, recession-scarred landscape where YA dystopias doubled as mainstreamed protest fantasies. Hemsworths enthusiasm for the "big uprising" reads like an understanding of what audiences came for: catharsis, collective anger with a choreography, revolution with a PG-13 sheen. His closing - "very, very pleased" - is disarmingly plain, almost boyish, which helps the promotional intent. He makes corporate continuation sound like personal hope, and thats the trick: packaging business as sincerity.
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Hemsworth, Liam. (2026, January 15). If we get to shoot the third one, which I'm really hoping we do, the third one's great. There's a big uprising and rebellion, and my character Gale's a big part of that. If we get to shoot that, I'll be very, very pleased. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-we-get-to-shoot-the-third-one-which-im-really-172494/
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Hemsworth, Liam. "If we get to shoot the third one, which I'm really hoping we do, the third one's great. There's a big uprising and rebellion, and my character Gale's a big part of that. If we get to shoot that, I'll be very, very pleased." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-we-get-to-shoot-the-third-one-which-im-really-172494/.
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"If we get to shoot the third one, which I'm really hoping we do, the third one's great. There's a big uprising and rebellion, and my character Gale's a big part of that. If we get to shoot that, I'll be very, very pleased." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-we-get-to-shoot-the-third-one-which-im-really-172494/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

