The Starvation Video games actor Sam Claflin reveals whether or not he would return to the franchise for a Finnick Odair prequel. Claflin performed the District 4 Starvation Video games victor in Catching Hearth and each Mockingjay movies. As a fan-favorite character whose Video games have by no means been proven, there was quite a lot of curiosity in a Finnick prequel for fairly a while, with the likelihood turning into extra tangible after creator Suzanne Collins’ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes prequel e book and its latest movie adaptation.

Whereas talking with Selection on the crimson carpet of the 2024 Emmy Awards, Claflin was requested if he had seen The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and whether or not he would return to the franchise. Take a look at the video under:

Claflin’s supportive and complimentary feedback relating to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes present that he nonetheless has optimistic emotions concerning the franchise. He expressed curiosity in returning, although he did admit he does not assume it is notably possible. Nevertheless, he did have an thought for a task he might play. Learn Claflin’s full response about whether or not he’d return under:

100%. I do not know if there’s room for me to return. I am too outdated now, I am not blonde, I am not blue-eyed. I’ve heard rumors that persons are asking for a Finnick prequel. All I’ll say is I might be all in for Finnick’s dad.

Will A Finnick Prequel Ever Occur?

Director Francis Lawrence’s situation for extra Starvation Video games motion pictures is “If Suzanne has one other thematic concept that she feels suits the world of Panem,” confirming he does not really feel the necessity to do one other story only for the sake of it. Whereas one other movie might occur with out Lawrence on the helm, he has directed each installment within the franchise since Catching Hearth, bringing a constant imaginative and prescient that enhances Collins’ unique imaginative and prescient of every respective story. The Starvation Video games is just not a franchise that expands merely for the sake of increasing.

There may be at the moment no affirmation of Collins writing extra tales on the earth of Panem. As Lawrence indicated, any future tales would wish to have a brand new and compelling thematic premise, as The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes did. The prequel novel and film work effectively as a result of they not solely enrich the unique trilogy, but additionally discover new themes and a principally new forged of characters. A prequel displaying the Video games received by Finnick, Haymitch Abernathy, Johanna Mason, or different victors must have a extra attention-grabbing cause to exist different than simply offering a brand new backstory.

That draw might contain Finnick’s love story with Annie Cresta and studying from his mentor Mags, all whereas surviving the Video games and the horrors he experiences within the aftermath. The issue with this story is that lots of the key developments have been already revealed in Catching Hearth and Mockingjay. A Finnick Starvation Video games film at the moment appears unlikely, but it surely’s not not possible, particularly when contemplating that The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was launched years after the collection reached a seemingly definitive finish with Mockingjay.

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The Starvation Video games

The Starvation Video games is a multi-movie franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. The movies are primarily based on the younger grownup dystopian e book collection by creator Suzanne Collins. The primary movie was launched in 2012, adopted by Catching Hearth in 2013, Mockingjay Half 1 in 2014, and Mockingjay Half 2 in 2015. In 2023, the fifth movie within the collection was launched, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

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