The prequel to Hunger Games, the ballad of songbirds and snakes should be released in the coming year. With the film’s already exceptional cast, one more name is added to the list. Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will now join the cast alongside Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Hunter Schafer (Euphoria), Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler. She will play the villain, Dr. Volumnia Gaul, who is the chief game designer for the 10th annual Hunger Games.
About Oscar winner Viola Davis
Viola Davis is an American actress and producer and has received various accolades. She became the only African-American to win the Triple Crown for acting.
Davis’ cinematic breakthrough has arrived Doubt (2008) in which she played a troubled mother and received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 2016, she made her debut as Amanda Waller in the DC Extended Universe movie. suicide squad and has reprized his role as such ever since.
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Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, are the founders of a production company, JuVee Productions. She has also remained active as a human rights activist and fights for equal rights.
Viola Davis will be the new villain of the Hunger Games prequel
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The story of Ballads of the Songbirds and the Serpent takes place years before the action of The hunger Games. Instead of Katniss and Peeta (who weren’t even born in this timeline), the focus is on President Snow who is chosen to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the tribute girl from impoverished District 12, during the 10th Hunger Games. Dr. Volumnia Gaul is the chief game designer of the 10th Hunger Games.
Francis Lawrence the director of the former hunger games movies and who is once again set to direct the prequel says to make Davis an exceptional talent that will do justice to the role of Dr. Gaul, who is creative just like Viola Davis.
“Dr Gaul is as cruel as he is creative and as fearsome as he is fearsome. Snow’s craftsmanship as a political operator grows largely through his experiences with her as the games’ most dominant figure.
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Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson adds that casting Viola Davis is like a dream come true. She is an actress with an extraordinary range with a massive presence. Exactly what they wanted for the film.
“From the start, Viola has been our dream for Dr. Gaul because of the subtle intelligence and emotion she brings to every role. A brilliant and eccentric strategist, Gaul helps mold young Coriolanus Snow into the man we’re incredibly lucky to have an actor with Viola’s extraordinary range and presence to play this pivotal role.
Nathan Kahane, the president of Lionsgate Film Group, also said they were honored and excited to have Viola Davis on board as she will have a powerful presence in the film.
“The Hunger Games films have always been elevated by their exceptional cast, and we are thrilled to continue that tradition with Viola Davis as Volumnia Gaul. Her formidable and powerful presence will add layers of complexity and menace to this story,”
Fans are thrilled to see Viola Davis take on the role of Dr. Gaul.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents is scheduled for November 17, 2023.
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Source: Collider
