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The hyped film The Hunger Games had its world premiere yesterday with a slew of celebrities and a plethora of fans cheering and emitting high-pitched screams that set the night's tone.

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With such an ecstatic fan base already in place from the book series, the stars addressed the frequent comparisons that are being made to the Twilight series.

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"That's great to be compared to Twilight but when have our own fans," said star Jack Quaid. "We have our own thing going on…I'd say we're a very different film."

Quaid's co-star Jacqueline Emerson responded similarly, saying, "It's really humbling just to think that it's in the same sentence as Twilight because that series was so successful [and] if this could be a smidge of that, it would be absolutely amazing."

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Check out the full clip above of the world premiere of The Hunger Games, which is set for release on March 23.