‘The Hunger Games’: Jennifer Lawrence’s advice for prequel actors

Jennifer Lawrence has given some wise advice to the actors and actresses in the upcoming prequel to the “Hunger Games” saga, entitled “The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents”. And it sounds like a lie, but already Ten years have passed since the premiere of the first film in the famous sagawhich bases her stories on the successful series of books written by Suzanne Collins.

The first film, released in 2012, featured Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist played by Lawrence, the young heroine who participates in The Hunger Games, facing representatives of different districts against each other in a battle to the death, after of which he will lead a rebellion against the Capitol. The film was a box office success and launched the “Hunger Games” franchise we know today. a saga that consists of four films and awaits a fifth.

As we’ve learned so far, the “The Hunger Games” prequel will tell the origin story of the saga’s villain, Coriolanus Snow, who develops feelings for a young woman from District 12, during the 10th Hunger Games. We don’t know much about the film yet, however, we already know the names of some of the film’s cast members. On the one hand, we know that Rachel Zegler will play Lucy Gray Baird, as well as Tom Blyth, who will play Coriolanus Snow. Likewise, other names that make up the supporting cast have also been confirmed, such as Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Viola Davis and Jason Schwartzman.

After his experience in the saga, Lawrence offered his sincere advice to the protagonists of the new film, Zegler and Blyth, and the rest of his co-stars. It was at the Toronto International Film Festival, during the presentation of its upcoming premiere, ‘Causeway’: “What about the prequel? You’ll have a lot of fun. You just have to have fun, don’t worry about anything else’‘, the actress kindly advised her companions.

Jennifer Lawrence shares her advice for new actors who will join the HUNGER GAMES prequel at the Causeway world premiere. # TIFF22 pic.twitter.com/GAW9nEqSiP

? TIFF (@TIFF_NET) September 10, 2022

Rachel Zegler’s reaction

All four installments of “The Hunger Games” have been a huge box office success, so there is a lot of anticipation and pressure for “The Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents” which has a very high level. For his part, Zegler, who became one of the great promises of Hollywood after ‘West Side Story’ and with the remake of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’, received Lawrence’s advice in a very humble way. The actress responded to the performer’s video in Toronto with the following comment: “MOTHER!”, referring to Lawrence as his mentor on this project (and probably hinting at one of his most memorable films, ‘Mother!’). And is that, without a doubt, Lawrence will always be a reference for the saga of ‘The Hunger Games’, mother and mentor of all.

MOTHER!

? rachel zegler (her / her) (@rachelzegler) September 10, 2022