'The Hunger Games' impacts theaters on March 23, but the madness has already begun.  The leading men of the hot-topic movie, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson have seen their stock rise considerably as fans have been clamoring for any insight on their characters and their on-screen and off screen antics.  The two recently dished about the preparation they had to undergo to transform into Peeta and Gale.

Hutcherson had to put on 15 pounds of muscle, which meant eating a lot of chicken breasts and spinach. The 19-year-old star admitted he was nervous about playing Peeta, but relieved that the film stayed "faithful to the book."

Hemsworth said he related the most to the character of Gale all along and quickly saw that he and Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) had "great screen chemistry." Like Hutcherson, he was a big fan of the books before locking down the part.

Take a look at what the two stars had to say: