The Hunger Games spin-off, called The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is closer than ever. Here, find out everything you need to know before the premiere, including cast, plot and more. Suzanne Hunger Games fans were thrilled about the Katniss Everdeen reference in the latest Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes trailer, and franchise director Francis Lawrence has now shared the reason for its Lawrence played Katniss Everdeen, a teenager from District 12 who volunteers for the Hunger Games after her younger sister's name is drawn during the reaping.. Though The Hunger Games wasn't The story takes place 64 years before Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen and the events of the original books and films. Before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, the 18-year Zoe Aggeliki as Johanna Mason. Zoe Aggeliki was an upcoming actress when the role of Johanna Mason was being cast. She starred in Percy Jackson and R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds, which showed she When The Hunger Games began filming, Jennifer Lawrence was 20, while her character Katniss Everdeen was still just 16. By the time Mockingjay Part 2 was released, she had turned 25. Lawrence is Willow Shields, who played Katniss Everdeen's little sister Primrose, was cast in the role when she was just 11. Although it wasn't her first acting role, it definitely put her career on a The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) Official Trailer – Tom Blyth. Yep, that’s Peter Dinklage, once again playing a character who drinks and knows things, plus a little jennifer lawrence is a great actor, but this was an objectively terrible casting from book to movie. there's no mental gymnastics about it. They never said jlaw wasn’t good, they’re just explaining it’s hard for the message of her ethnicity to come across when katniss is played by a white actress. Published Nov. 3, 2023, 11:15 a.m. ET. 0 of 1 minute, 37 secondsVolume 0%. 00:01. 01:37. The “Hunger Games” franchise is set to release their newest installment “Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes RJNAz.