Find out more about Joseph Zada’s career, actor who will live a younger version of Haymitch in ‘Hunger Games: Dawn on Harvest’
On the night of last Wednesday, 24, fans of the Hunger Games franchise were surprised by the news that the new adaptation for theaters, “Dawn in Harvest”, has already defined the actors who will bring to life the protagonists: Joseph Zadawhich won the role of Haymitch Abernathy, district 12 tribute, and Whitney Peakwhich will play Haymitch’s girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird.
With the revelation, the co-president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, ERIN WESTERMANrevealed in a statement to the press that the choice of Zadaand the coast Peakfor the story was the result of “talent” and “emotional truth that brought to these iconic roles”, and reveals that the relationship that their characters will live “is deeply intertwined in Panem’s emotional history.”
Already the producer Nina Jacobson He highlighted the chemistry of the actors on the scene: “Deb Zane and Dylan Jury supervised an exhaustive (and exhaustive!) Search to find a young actor with the skill and imagination to embody the young Haymitch. Jo prepared as a crazy and stole our hearts. So Whitney took us her breath as Lenore Dove. cast in which you know that your search took you home. ”
It is worth remembering that, in the first four hunger games movies, Haymitch was played by Woody Harrelsonactor known for starring plots such as “Master’s Trick” and “Zumbilândia”, which brought to the canvases the character’s temperamental and initially reliable personality, as well as his moments of compassion in favor of Peeta Melark (Josh Hutcherson) and Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) As he guided them.
So much Jacobson had told Variety the challenge that would be climbing a new haymitch due to the legacy of Harrelson On paper: “No one can be Woody Harrelson besides Woody Harrelson,” she said. “But you need to find that mischief inherent to him and try to understand, if we come back in time from the man we know at the beginning of ‘Hunger Games’, who he was first of all and why he became it.”
Thus, with a new and now younger interpreter, fans may wonder what to expect from the interpretation of Joseph Zadaand to find out, it is necessary to know a little more about the actor and, of course, which story of Haymitch will be told in the feature film.
Who is Joseph Zada?
Born in Sydney, Australia, Zada It is only twenty years old. The actor could already be seen in both the cinema and on television, as he was in the Australian series “Total Control” and in the movie “Bilched”, both released during 2019.
Among the latest projects of Zadaare the series “Were Liars” by Prime Video, which opens in June, as well as “East of Eden”, seven -episode miniseries produced by Netflix -inspired by the 1952 novel by Nobel Prize winner, Nobel Prize, John Steinbeckwhich will be starred by Florence Pugh (Thunderbolts*). The actor also won Charlie’s lead role in Stan Austral’s next original series, “Invisible Boys”, based on the novel’s bestseller of Holden Sheppard.
What will the role of Zada in “Dawn in Harvest” be like?
Unlike Harrelson, Zada It will give life to a much younger Haymitch in the franchise. This is because the story is a prequel located 40 years after the events of “The Singing of Birds and Serpents”, and 24 years before the events that made Katniss Everdeen a symbol against control of the capital.
Thus, in the plot that is in production by Lionsgate, will be presented the story of origin of Haymitch, who will be portrayed as a smart young man who lived a good relationship with Lenore, but who sees his world turn upside down when selected as tribute well on his 16th birthday.
More about “Hunger Games: Dawn in Harvest”
In the book of the same name that inspires the film adaptation, published on March 18, is detailed Haymitch’s trajectory as a tribute of the 50th edition of the Hunger Games, responsible for marking the second quaternary massacre – which counts twice the number of taxes, as 48 young people should compete against each other in the arena where only one of them will come out alive – highlighting the triumphs and losses that led him to addiction in Alcohol known to fans in the first three books of the saga, which should also be seen in the feature film that is scheduled to debut on November 20, 2026.
For the title it takes shape on the screens, Francis Lawrencewho has directed all the films in the franchise since “In Flames”, 2012, will be the director again. The script has a signature of Billy Raywhile production is in charge of Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpsonfrom Color Force.
‘Hunger Games: Dawn on Harvest’ is scheduled to open in November 20, 2026.
Source: Recreio
