Josh Hutcherson has come to defend his "Hunger Games" costar Jennifer Lawrence from all of the "ridiculous" slamming brought about by the biggest celebrity nude photos leak, Us Weekly has learned.
In an interview with ET Canada, the 21-year-old "Bridge to Terabithia" star gushed that he finds all of this mess ridiculous and insisted that actors and celebrities are "normal people," too.
"I just think all that stuff is so ridiculous," he mused. "We're people, too man, we just want to live. We want to be normal people, it's not fair."
"My reaction was anger, initially, and truly disappointment in society as a whole," Hutcherson said of the nude photos hack that broke over the Labor Day weekend, according to the Toronto Sun.
"It's not something that any of us signed up for," he added. "When Jen started acting she was 12 years old. I started when I was nine. People say if you're an actor, you have to think about being in the public eye. No, that's not true."
Though Hutcherson is yet to talk to the 24-year-old "X-Men" actress since the scandal surfaced, he can relate to what J.Law's going through since he was also under public scrutiny when NSFW pictures of himself became viral in 2013.
"I think everyone has their own way of getting through it. It's something you obviously don't want to happen to you and it's really unfortunate that it happens," Hutcherson quipped. "I hate the way the world sort of views those sorts of issues."
Since co-starring for the first installment of the "Hunger Games" franchise, Hutcherson and Lawrence have remained good friends behind the camera.
"When we're doing our job, yeah we're in the public eye. When we go to press events, yeah we're in the public eye. Because you choose to go to it. The fact that we don't have a choice sometimes? That's completely illegal, and it's completely unfair," he finally said.
Meanwhile, Hutcherson, who stars in "Escobar: Paradise Lost" that is making its premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, also talked about not landing the titular role for the Spider-Man reboot "The Amazing Spider-Man," noted The Daily Beast.
"That was one of the biggest heartbreaks in the world where I didn't get Spider-Man," he said of the thought that he made it to the top three finalists for the Peter Parker role, which was eventually given to Brit actor Andrew Garfield. "I wanted it so bad. But then, I got The Hunger Games a few months later, and was like, Fuck yeah! It all worked out."