While the elaborate blue hair, for instance, was a product the original author’s mind, Tucci suggested giving Flickerman an inhumanly tan complexion and a set of teeth clearly manufactured for the camera, among other characteristics that eventually made it into the final picture.
He would go on to reprise the role in the 2012 blockbuster’s three hit follow-ups.
As he revealed in a red carpet interview with The Hollywood Reporter at the premiere of The Hunger Games, Stanley Tucci was “very, very involved” in developing the look of Caesar Flickerman, the Capital’s top media personality known for his coverage of the deadly annual sporting event.