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I think people really like watching characters break bad, Lawrence says.
Its fun to watchThe Jokerbecome The Joker.
Its fun to watch Anakin become Darth Vader.
Bitter, ambitious, and under pressure, the young Coriolanus Snow soon reveals his own dangerous survival skills.
I think that was the biggest challenge, Lawrence admits when discussing Coryos complex character.
When Tom came on board, he obviously had real charisma.
Theres a sophistication to Tom and an intelligence and sense of control with Tom that I really liked.
And sort of a subtlety.
Those kinds of aspects just reminded me of Donald [Sutherland].
Tom just holds himself in a very specific and poised way.
And I thought that was a great parallel for Donald.
The chemistry between the lead actors was apparent from the productions early days, which began in early 2022.
We did this Zoom chemistry read, and we were all in different spots.
I just wanted to watch him listening to her sing and have Rachel sing to him.
Coryo and Lucy Gray need each other to overcome their different predicaments.
Lucy Gray is a very different kind of character from Katniss.
Shes able to manipulate.
Shes a survivor and has different ways of trying to survive.
Also absent from the early Hunger Games are the elaborate arenas of Katniss time.
The pyrotechnics are definitely still there, but the playing field itself is more like a Roman gladiator arena.
We definitely were looking at reconstruction eras, stories post-World War II.
I think that influenced ways of looking at cities not long after big, big battles and heavy loss.
Looking atGermany,Year Zero,andThe Third Manand things like that.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesopens in theaters on Nov. 17.
