These Side-By-Side Photos Of The "Hunger Games" Prequel Actors Next To The Original Cast Will Make You Do A Double Take

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Elle Fanning was calved to play Effie Trinket!

Here are 9 side-by-sides of the Hunger Games prequel characters vs. the archetypal actors:

1. In the archetypal movies, Effie Trinket — the District 12 tributes' escort to the Hunger Games — was portrayed by Elizabeth Banks. She told Behind the Lens, "It's truly amusive to ticker yourself vanish successful the movie each day, and ticker Effie appear. It required a afloat transformation. I ne'er knew however aged she was, successful speechmaking the book. She could beryllium 30, oregon she could beryllium 100. I imagine, successful the future, beingness expectancy is long, and they usage brainsick integrative surgery. Who the hellhole knows what's going on? So, I truly wanted her to beryllium ageless. Gary's [Ross] 1 existent enactment was, 'I ideate Joel Grey successful Cabaret for her face.' That was our jumping disconnected constituent and wherefore we ended up with the unsmooth tegument and the gnarliness of that."

2. The relation of Haymitch Abernathy, District 12 victor and Katniss and Peeta's mentor, was originated by Woody Harrelson successful the archetypal 4 movies. He told HuffPost, "That was benignant of a treatment betwixt Gary [Ross, the director] and I, due to the fact that I ever wanted to marque Haymitch much drunk and debauched, but Gary wanted to support a rein connected it truthful that it wasn't excessively overmuch similar that. In different words determination are times erstwhile helium had to get down to concern so, yes, that had to beryllium decently pitched. Me, I americium ever successful wide acceptable to spell implicit the apical with it, truthful it is adjuvant to person a manager similar Gary bringing maine back."

Joseph Zada is acceptable to prima arsenic the younger Haymitch successful Sunrise connected the Reaping. In a statement, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erin Westerman said, "The Hunger Games franchise has agelong been a launching pad for singular young actors, and Jo and Whitney [Peak, who volition play Lenore] transportation that bequest guardant with unthinkable heart, depth, and fire. After auditioning hundreds of talented performers from astir the world, these 2 stood retired — not conscionable for their talent, but for the affectional information they brought to these iconic roles."

Here they are broadside by side:

3. In the archetypal 4 movies, Caesar Flickerman — the big of the Hunger Games — was played by Stanley Tucci. He was precise progressive with processing the character's iconic look. Stanley told The Hollywood Reporter, "I was successful London making a movie, and we knew what we wanted the chap to look like. Then we experimented with stuff. I said, 'I'd similar to effort teeth. I'd similar to effort immoderate noses. I privation him to person a tan. We person to truly marque it look similar helium has integrative surgery.'"

In Sunrise connected the Reaping, caller Oscar victor Kieran Culkin volition play a younger Caesar. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erin Westerman told People, "Kieran's scene-stealing beingness and undeniable charm are cleanable for Caesar Flickerman, the sickeningly watchable big of Panem's darkest spectacle. Stanley Tucci made Caesar unforgettable — and present Kieran volition marque the relation wholly his own."

Here they are broadside by side:

4. President Snow was portrayed by Donald Sutherland successful the 4 archetypal Hunger Games films. He told GQ, "Nobody asked maine to bash it. I wasn't offered it. I similar to work scripts, and it captured my passion. I wrote them a letter. The relation of the president had possibly a enactment successful the script. Maybe two. Didn't marque immoderate difference. I thought it was an incredibly important film, and I wanted to beryllium a portion of it. I thought it could aftermath up an electorate that had been dormant since the '70s. I hadn't work the books. To beryllium truthful, I was unaware of them. But they showed my missive to the director, Gary Ross, and helium thought it’d beryllium a bully thought if I did it. He wrote those wonderfully poetic scenes successful the roseate garden, and they formed the caput and wit of Coriolanus Snow."

In The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Tom Blyth starred arsenic the younger Coriolanus Snow. He told Variety, "I don't deliberation I anticipated however emotionally taxing the relation was going to be. I was like, 'I'm portion of a large blockbuster franchise. This is gonna beryllium fun!'"

In the aforesaid film, Dexter Sol Ansell played the quality arsenic a child. He told Young Entertainment Mag, "When I archetypal started acting, I ne'er thought I would beryllium connected the reddish carpet, it was specified a large pleasure, and successful The Hunger Games, it was truthful amazing."

Ralph Fiennes is acceptable to play President Snow successful Sunrise connected the Reaping. Donald Sutherland died successful 2024. In a press release, shaper Nina Jacobson said, "We wanted to grant Donald Sutherland by having 1 of this generation's top actors play President Snow."

Here they are broadside by side:

5. Tigris Snow, a Capitol stylist and relative to Coriolanus, was played by Eugenie Bondurant successful The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2. She told the Tampa Bay Times that, erstwhile she archetypal stepped onto the acceptable of Tigris's shop, "I started crying. It was beautiful. Everything was pulled together, and the acceptable decorator said, 'Do you cognize however agelong we've been waiting for this? For you to beryllium here?' She said this is the lone agleam infinitesimal successful the full movie."

Here's Eugenie retired of costume.

In The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Hunter Schafer played the younger mentation of Tigris. She told Entertainment Tonight, "Tigris benignant of feels similar the archetypal quality portion I've truly done that's not similar a teenage miss who is benignant of similar 1 measurement distant from who I am. It was similar a situation for me."

In the aforesaid movie, Rosa Gotzler portrayed Tigris arsenic a child.

Here's a broadside by broadside of Eugenie and Hunter:

And here's Rosa with Hunter:

6. District 3 victor Wiress was played by Amanda Plummer successful Catching Fire.

Maya Hawke volition play a younger Wiress successful Sunrise connected the Reaping.

Here they are broadside by side:

7. In the archetypal series, Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee was played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. He'd filmed astir of his scenes for Mockingjay Part 2 earlier his decease successful 2014, but helium wasn't capable to movie what was meant to beryllium an affectional country other Katniss. So, Heavensbee's last words were work to her successful a letter. Director Francis Lawrence told the Guardian, "I regret to person that…label of it being his past film. Because obviously, there's not rather capable of him successful it. I would person liked his relation to beryllium larger."

In Sunrise connected the Reaping, Jesse Plemons — who really played Philip's onscreen lad successful The Master — volition play the younger mentation of Heavensbee. Erin Westerman told Variety, "Jesse is 1 of the astir talented actors of his generation, with a proven grounds of picking his roles selectively. We are honored that helium has chosen to bring his ain instrumentality to 1 of the astir fascinating figures successful Panem, and consciousness that his erstwhile collaboration with Philip Seymour Hoffman makes it each the much special. His Plutarch volition beryllium some a tribute to the quality fans person already travel to cognize and a portrayal helium makes his own. We can't hold for audiences to spot it."

8. In the archetypal 4 movies, District 3 victor Beetee Latier was portrayed by Jeffrey Wright. He told Slashfilm, "I liked that his superior limb was his capableness to think, and that helium was little a combatant than a tinkerer. I thought that was absorbing successful the archetypal movie, successful Catching Fire, that among each these warriors there's an inventor. It conscionable seemed contradictory and funny to me. And past I deliberation I was attracted to his consciousness of work to his chap citizenry, to the cause, and his loyalty to the ideals down this rebellion."

Kelvin Harrison Jr. volition play the younger Beetee successful Sunrise connected the Reaping.

9. And finally, Mags Flanagan, District 4 victor and Haymitch's mentor, was played by Lynn Cohen successful Catching Fire. She told the Detroit Free Press, "First of all, I had the joyousness of moving with 3 of the astir beauteous young people. All my scenes were with Jennifer [Lawrence] and 2 gorgeous males. I was carried connected the backmost of 1 of them [Sam Claflin, who played Finnick], up and down mountains. When I auditioned, I auditioned connected Skype. The archetypal happening they asked was, 'How overmuch bash I weigh?' I said, 'I don't know, 90 pounds?' I didn't recognize I had to beryllium connected someone's backmost each the time. Then they asked, 'How beardown are you?' I said, 'Oh, me? I'm beardown similar a bull.'"

Lili Taylor is acceptable to play the younger mentation of Mags successful Sunrise connected the Reaping.

What bash you deliberation of these casting decisions? Do you agree, oregon would you person chosen idiosyncratic other for 1 of these roles? Share your thoughts successful the comments!

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