The Hunger Games producer says the prequel will change how you watch the Katniss and Snow scenes in the original films

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The Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson says the prequel film will give audiences a new insight into the original movies.

Set 64 years before the first film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes gives a fitting backstory for future Panem President Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), as he becomes a mentor to District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). As the pair fight for her survival in the 10th annual games, we see Snow turn from an impoverished schoolboy to a more familiar, and deeply disturbing, version of the character.

Speaking to GamesRadar+, producer Nina Jacobson, who also worked on all of the previous films in the franchise, says it will add another layer to your next rewatch. "It has, for me, changed the way that I look at President Snow stepping foot in District 12, going to see this uppity, troublemaking girl who's disrupted things, who's named Katniss, and realizing the connection back to his own youth. I think it will absolutely change [things], and it’s part of why we use that line from the original series: 'It's the things we love most, that destroy us.'"

Getting this to work in the final film required walking a tight line of how to show Snow’s darker side, alongside getting audiences to root for him. The producer calls it a "push and pull," that continued into post-production when they were deciding which takes to use.

"It is a very fine line that you're sewing with a very fine thread," she continues. "You are still being shaped and you are still becoming the person you will be. The people around you have enormous sway and influence in who you become, and he is being pulled in these opposing directions." She adds how the film explores that, while "it’s not a given that he will embrace