Alyson Stoner Went to 'Medical Weight Loss Camp' for 'Hunger Games' Audition

Alyson Stoner recalled the intense weight-loss regimen they tried to prepare for their Hunger Games audition while simultaneously navigating disordered eating. “Katniss was the ultimate role and the ultimate strong female lead: purpose-driven, sharp, athletic, and, thankfully, a heroine whose capacities were more important than physical beauty,” Stoner, who uses they/them pronouns, recalled in an excerpt from their upcoming memoir, Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything, published by Vanity Fair on Tuesday, August 5. The actor confessed, “But the role was playing with fire for me,” du