We spoke with Nina Jacobson about casting younger versions of characters from The Hunger Games.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is heading to theaters this month, and the prequel is set 64 years before the first film, which means some characters are returning as younger versions while others are new characters who are related to characters fans know and love. The film is also set to see the return of some behind-the-scenes staples. The movie is being helmed by Francis Lawrence, who also directed Catching Fire, Mockingjay – Part 1, and Mockingjay – Part 2.
"Well, of course, any time that you're casting somebody, like you say, who's related or a younger version, obviously you're going to lop off a whole bunch of people who could be great, but who just don't look like they would ever grow up to be that person," Jacobson explained.
"And to have those questions of like, 'Is she Songbird or is she Snake?' Because she's always singing, but she's also always got a snake, or not always, but a good amount of the time," Jacobson continued."So, just a reminder that none of these characters are meant to be all one or the other. And so, you have to get actors who can bring that level of complexity and nuance.
Who Stars In The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes? The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes stars Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird, Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Casca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius"Lucky" Flickerman, Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow, and Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth.
The movie will also include Fionnula Flanagan as Grandma'am, young Coriolanus Snow's grandmother. Isobel Jesper Jones is playing Mayfair Lipp, the daughter of the mayor of District 12. Honor Gillies will be making her professional acting debut as Barb Azure.
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