"See Him Break Bad": Hunger Games Prequel Director Explains How Coriolanus Snow Is Different From Donald Sutherland’s Version

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes director Francis Lawrence has explained how the prequel’s Coriolanus Snow differs from the version played by Donald Sutherland in the original movies. Set 64 years before the events of the originals, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes will depict a young Snow (Tom Blyth) being assigned as the mentor to a defiant tribute from District 12 played by Rachel Zegler. Far from the tyrannical leader he will eventually become, Blyth’s Snow is a struggling heir to a failing Capitol house who sees his chance to advance his own fortunes via his new charge.