And it is a sentiment shared by Blyth, who plays a younger version of Panem president Cornelius Snow within the prequel. (Donald Sutherland plays the character in the unique movies.)
In actual fact, in a separate interview with E!, the actor praised producers for making “an effort to let this be a moment where we get to experience it for the primary time” by separating the prequel forged from the OG.
“It’s such a stand-alone, fresh movie that may not form of a follow-on,” Blyth explained. “I think they’ve honored that actually sweetly in the way in which that that is form of giving an area to experience it fresh.”
Rachel Zegler—whose character Lucy Gray Baird is a District 12 tribute, similar to Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen—noted that she’s somewhat glad she eventually crossed paths with the No Hard Feelings star after production on the prequel had wrapped. “It relieves you of pressure,” she shared, “because comparisons are inevitable.”