Before watching the new spin-off, celebrate 11 years of The Hunger Games with some fun facts you might not have known
In 2023, it will be exactly 11 years since the first film in the Hunger Games franchise debuted in cinemas worldwide. In total, bringing together all the productions, the saga grossed more than 2.3 billion dollars at the box office, being extremely acclaimed by the global public to this day.
For this reason, even after seven years since the release of the last film, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — The End”, the franchise has gained a new spin-off, called “The Song of Birds and Snakes”, which will also be inspired by the book of the same name written by the creator of the saga, Suzanne Collinsand is scheduled to premiere on November 17, 2023.
The new film is set 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games, and will follow the story of young President Snow, who is going through a difficult time when he “sees a chance to change his destiny when he is chosen to be a mentor for the Hunger Games.” , although he is disappointed to be assigned to a poor girl, a tribute from the miserable District 12″, as described in the official synopsis. Watch the trailer!
To celebrate 11 years of The Hunger Games and the production of A Song of Birds and Snakes, check out five interesting facts about the famous franchise. Suzanne Collins!
1. Jennifer Lawrence was not the first choice for Katniss Everdeen
These days, it’s practically impossible to imagine anyone else playing the role of Katniss Everdeen other than Jennifer Lawrence. However, according to Buzzfeed, before her, other great actresses also auditioned for the role, such as Shailene Woodley (Divergent), Emma Roberts (Scream Queens), Kaya Scodelario (Maze Runner), Chloe Grace Moretz (Carrie) and Hailee Steinfeld (Archer hawk).
2. Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne) and Alexander Ludwig (Cato) Initially Auditioned for the Role of Peeta
Just like Katniss, it’s very difficult to imagine Peeta being played by anyone other than Josh Hutcherson — but other stars from the cast of The Hunger Games were almost responsible for bringing the tribute from District 12 to life. At the time of testing, the actors Liam Hemsworthwho plays Gale Hawthorne, and Alexander LudwigCato, read for the role of Peeta, but ended up being chosen for the characters we know today.
3. The production spent $30,000 on wigs for Katniss
During the first two films, Jennifer Lawrence dyed her hair so she could play Katniss on the big screen. However, during the two parts of “A Esperança”, the hair was so damaged that the actress could not bleach it and had to wear wigs. For that, Linda Flowersthe hairdresser from The Hunger Games, rented $30,000 worth of wigs just for Jennifer.
4. David Henrie, from Wizards of Waverly Place, was almost Gale Hawthorne
Justin Russo as tribute? Yes, that almost happened! The actor David Henrie, known for having played the eldest brother of the Russo family in “Wizards of Waverly Place”, reached the final stage of testing for the role of Gale. However, the team decided that Liam Hemsworth showed more chemistry in the scenes with Jennifer Lawrencewho had already been confirmed as Katniss.
5. Donald Sutherland, President Snow, wrote a three-page letter asking to participate in the franchise
During an interview with GQ magazine, the actor Donald Sutherlandwho plays the tyrannical President Snow in the franchise, revealed that he was chosen for the role after writing a three-page letter to the team asking to be in the film.
“No one asked me to do [o papel do presidente Snow]. They didn’t offer it to me. I like reading scripts and this one captured my passion. I wrote them a letter. The role of the president might have had a line in the script. Maybe two. It didn’t make any difference. I thought it was an incredibly important film and I wanted to be a part of it. I hadn’t read the books. To be honest, I didn’t even know it. But they showed my letter to the director, Gary Ross, and he thought it would be a good idea if I did that. He wrote those wonderfully poetic scenes in the rose garden, and they formed the mind and intelligence of Coriolanus Snow.”
Now, in the spin-off “The Song of Birds and Snakes”, the young version of Coriolanus Snow, before becoming president, is played by the actor Tom Blythknown for participating in series such as “The Gilded Age” and “Billy the Kid”.
Source: Recreio
