“The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”, the prequel to “The Hunger Games”, continues to add additions to its large cast. Once the new installment of the saga, produced by Lionsgate, revealed that Tom Blyth would play a young Coriolanus Snow and that Rachel Zegler would play District 12 female tribute Lucy Gray Baird, six other new signings have been announced via Deadline which make up a young cast (as happened with the original films). All this without counting on five other new actors and actresses, confirmed only a few days ago, who will take care of giving life to both tributes and mentors.
In this second wave of confirmations, we can see that the names continue to be distributed among tributes and mentors. Let’s finally find out who Baird’s partner will be, why Nick Benson will play Jessup, the male tribute from District 12. The actor has participated in several series such as Netflix’s “Boo, Bitch” or Disney + “Big Shot”. Laurel Mardsen as Mayfair Lipp, the daughter of Mayor Lipp, the former mayor of District 12, which will have its advantages and disadvantages with Baird. We can currently see the actress in ‘Ms. Marvel ‘, the new series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
EXCLUSIVE: The cast of Lionsgate’s prequel “The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes” continues to grow and we’ve heard before that Nick Benson, Laurel Marsden, Lilly Cooper, Luna Steeples and Hiroki Berrecloth are joining https: // t .co / 6XZlh44wuQ
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Lilly Cooper, who participated in “The Witcher”, joins the saga as Arachne Crane, mentor to one of the District 10 tributes. Luna Steeples (“Expired”) will play. Dill, who will represent District 11 as a female tribute. Finally, Hiroki Berrecloth, who starred in the BBC series ‘Red Rose’, will take on the role of Treech, a male tribute from District 7.
Back to Panem
“Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents” will be the fifth film in the “Hunger Games” saga and will be set 64 years before the original films. He will tell how Snow becomes the ruthless president of Panem by participating as a mentor to Lucy Gray in the 10th edition of the Hunger Games., having to survive in a race against time. Adapts again the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins and will be directed by Francis Lawrence, director of the first episodes. It will arrive in cinemas November 17, 2023.
Source: E Cartelera
