Leven Rambin scored a big cinematic break this year when she won the role of Glimmer, one of the tributes who take part in the dangerous gladiatorial event that makes up the central competition in The Hunger Games. And it would appear that she’s now hitting the radar of other filmmakers, with Curtis Hanson picking her as the female lead for surfing pic Mavericks.
Gerard Butler and Jonny Weston are starring in the true story of legendary big wave surfer Jay Moriarty’s ride to the top of his sport. Butler is on to play Rick “Frosty” Hesson, the man who mentored the younger Moriarty (Weston) and watched him become one of the most notable surfers of his generation.
Rambin, who before she scored the Hunger Games role had cropped up in Gigantic and a slew of TV parts, will be a California surfer girl who is both Moriarty’s best friend and the woman he loves.
Moriarty became best known for his obsession with the Northern California surf spot known as the Mavericks (hence the title), where the waves in winter can reach as high as five-storey buildings.
With a script by Brandon Hooper, Hanson is gearing up to direct the movie, though there’s no set start date yet.