Return as Finnick’s father? Here’s what fan favorite Sam Claflin thinks about another The Hunger Games prequel

“The Hunger Games 5 – The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes” will tell President Snow’s backstory in theaters in fall 2023, set 64 years before the events of the “Hunger Games” series starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson . While Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler took on the lead roles in the new sci-fi adventure and introduced us to the characters Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird, there are always rumors and requests from fans for more stories and characters from the expanded world of Panem. worth telling.

At the top of this list Sam Claflins Finnick Odair, who appeared in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire‘ joined the franchise and quickly became a fan favorite. He won the Hunger Games at the age of 14 and ten years later becomes a key ally for Katniss and Peeta as an all-star tribute on the anniversary of the Games – continuing the fight against the Capitol and President Snow before a tragic falls dead. victim of death. Now, Sam Claflin has commented on a possible prequel focusing on Finnick’s life.

Sam Claflin feels too old for Finnick, but has a different role in mind

Sam Claflin presented this in an interview A key issue regarding his possible return to space for a Finnick prequel – namely his age: “I don’t know if there’s room for me to return. I’m too old now.” A return for the 37-year-old actor in the role of a young Finnick therefore makes little sense. However, he actually has a suggested solution: “I’ve heard rumors that people want to see a Finnick prequel and all I have to say is that I would be all in as Finnick’s father.”

However, whether there will be a Finnick prequel depends on author Suzanne Collins, on whose new series all previous ‘Hunger Games’ films are based. This is what director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson told us in the FILMSTARTS interview after the premiere of “The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes”, that they are only open to further films from the world of Hunger that are based on a novel by Collins.

If Suzanne Collins decides to dedicate her own novel to Finnick’s backstory, a film adaptation by Lawrence and Jacobson would also be conceivable. However, after “The Balld Of Songbirds & Snakes” grossed approximately $332 million at the worldwide box office, far behind that of the original films, the question is whether Lionsgate will invest in a new “Hunger Games” film. As is often the case here, the motto is: wait and see.