'Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' director Francis Lawrence on the warm bond between Hunter Schafer's Tigris and Tom Blyth's Coriolanus in the prequel: 'She's trying to draw him into goodness.'
) recalls Schafer's disarming "authenticity" during her audition that immediately drew him to her for the part. "She's one of the more authentic people I've ever personally met," the filmmaker says.
Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Photo Credit: Murray Close| Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate For the opening scene in question featuring Coriolanus' refashioned button-up, "So many people came in and read, [but] they were thinking more of' Effie Trinket than they were of Tigris. They're putting on this Capitol effect, and it's just so phony," he laments. "Hunter came in and did the scene, and she was so endearing and warm."
That warmth was integral to the story. "Their bond is so warm and she's so full of hope," Lawrence says. "[Tigris] is trying to draw [Coriolanus] into goodness and keep him in goodness."
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