Before Alan Richson became A. A leading man on his own moviesHe played a small role as one of the respect in "Hunger Games: Catching Fire". His character was a shine, a return champion for an adult, who would be respect for his career as a teenager. Respect in career is one of the richer areas that do not see the games as a frightening fate, but as a chance to gain a life of wealth and fame. The glow was someone who trained from a young age to kill, and who probably wouldn't have been bothered to join the rebellion against Capitol if he had a chance.

However, he never gets a chance, because Glos dies in the middle of the games when Katniss shoots him with an arrow to his chest. It's a quick moment and something most viewers probably forgot shortly after happening. However, it is still haunting Richson due to a great change to the film made on stage after filming. As Richson explained in A. Interview in March 2025:

"In fact, I picked up an arrow to the face, so I was playing it as it was on the face. And then I think they settled in the post, which was a little too heinous to take a shot to the Katnis face, so they changed it to the chest, but I didn't shoot it.

To be fair, the scene doesn't look that bad. Of course, you can say that Richson has been shot next to his head, but still works as a reasonable shocking reaction.

One possible reason why Glis's death has changed so accidentally in the arrangement room and why no one bothers to give Ritson the opportunity to do the scene, is because glitter is not such an important or unforgettable character. While "catching fire" is a stronger movie From the original "hunger games", there is a clear department where the original wins: Characterization of career respect.

The first film equivalent of shine was Hedstrong Kato (Alexander Ludwig), a teenage teenager 2 who seemed similar to bloodshed. Kato enjoyed bringing the rule of terror during the first match, making the whole way in the last three before Katniss and Peta (well, mostly Katnis) took off. The first movie might not have an epic scale of the second, but that was still a fun time Because the wicked respect was given more to be done.

Before dying Kato, "Games of Hunger" gave him a monologue where he realizes he is a victim of Capitol. He talks about how he was washed by a brain in thinking that the games would be a fun time, but now he knows that even if he wins, he will be haunted by what he did forever. It is a powerful moment, and one that has never been included in the original material. It has helped to cement the idea that other respects are not a real enemy of Katnis, an idea that will be explored more thoroughly in "catching fire".

The glitter, meanwhile, is essentially the Cliffnotes version of Cato. The same privileged background, the same frightening presence, but given the part of time. It would be nice if Alan Richson's presence in the "Hunger Games" franchise was more essential than this, but it could have been worse. At least his role wasn't that small and ungrateful as the poor jackeck yuid.