Does an Oscar Nom Increase Hailee's chances?

[realornotreal]

As we told you, Hailee Steinfeld was honored this morning with an Oscar Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mattie in True Grit. Now, MTV's Hollywood Crush theorizes on whether this Oscar Nod will increase her chances of being cast as Katinss.

Hailee Steinfeld certainly isn't the first teenage actress to have a shot at Oscar gold, but she's one of the few with little-to-no feature film acting experience under her belt. Considering she's one of our favorites to play Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming "Hunger Games" adaptation, we're thinking the high-profile kudos for her performance in "True Grit" can only bode well.

But an Oscar nomination (and potential win) on her resume should definitely bump Hailee up the ranks in potential castings for the film. She's already told us that it would "definitely be an honor" to be cast as Katniss, and we think the "Hunger Games" casting directors are taking note of the almost unanimous praise for Hailee's acting chops.

www.downwiththecapitol.net/2011/01/hollywood-crush-asks-will-hailee.html

So what do you think? Does Hailee's Oscar Nomination make her a more appealing Katniss?

[AwesomeArianna]

I like Hailee and everything but she is soooooo young. I don't know if it would be such a wise idea to cast someone that young.

[realornotreal]

Jan 25, 2011 18:56:56 GMT -5 AwesomeArianna said:

I like Hailee and everything but she is soooooo young. I don't know if it would be such a wise idea to cast someone that young.

I worry about that too...if only she were 2 years older!! She does have the chops to do the role though, that is for sure.