Josh Hutcherson, a notable brunette, famously dyed his hair blonde to play the beloved Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games movies. While he adored his time working on the iconic YA dystopian films, and recently said he’d be down to return as Peeta, he absolutely hated dying his hair blonde. However, he recently went back to having a lighter look for his film on the 2024 movie schedule, The Beekeeper, and he told me why he was willing to take on the bleach again, despite his previous experiences with it.
During an interview with CinemaBlend, Josh Hutcherson opened up about the decision to go back to blonde. He was very open about the fact that after The Hunger Games he was “traumatized.” However, when he learned about his villainous tech-mogel Beekeeper character Derek, he thought the look was perfect. So, it was back to blonde for the actor as he told me:
