As Alexander Ludwig fields questions from local media outlets in a downtown Vancouver hotel, The Hunger Games’ colossal $155-million opening weekend is still two days in the future. However, no one would be foolish enough to call this the calm before the storm.

 

The previous day, hordes of teenaged fans queued for upwards of 12 hours to score his autograph at a Chapters bookstore. Earlier this morning, he needed to evade another throng of girls who’d staked out his appearance at a local radio station. “I wouldn’t wait five minutes for me,” marvels the 19-year-old West Vancouver native. “I don’t really understand what’s happening.”

 

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