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McDowell County youth thrilled to be picked to double for "Hunger Games" star

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McDowell News reports:
One local teen got the chance of a lifetime when she was chosen to be a stand-in and photo double in the movie “The Hunger Games.”

Fourteen-year-old Destiny Tompkins was chosen from many other teens from the Southeast to be the stand-in for movie star, Amandla Stenberg, who plays Rue in the movie.

“I was so excited when I got the phone call from the casting director asking me to be not only a stand-in, but a photo double,” said Tompkins. ...Read the full article

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