Director of “Hunger Games” Francis Lawrence describes Katniss Everdeen as “asexual” and Lucy Gray as “her opposite”

Francis Lawrence, the filmmaker of The Hunger Games, claims that whereas Lucy Gray “wears her sexuality on her sleeve,” Katniss Everdeen is “asexual.”

Lawrence, who is getting ready for his new prequel movie, “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” stated in an interview with Empire Magazine that Katniss “was an introvert and a survivor.”

According to Variety, he continued by saying that one of the key distinctions between Katniss and Lucy is that the former is a survivor.

You could almost say she was asexual because of how silent and austere she was. The reverse is true of Lucy Gray. She flaunts her sexuality openly. She is a true entertainer.

She enjoys crowds, according to the 52-year-old director, who described Lucy’s character as a large extrovert with strong social skills. She is skilled at using crowds and people to her advantage.

Lucy is the complete opposite of Katniss and has a tendency to twist things to suit her own purposes. Katniss has always been the warrior who had to adapt to the world of the politics of the Hunger Games and the Capital.

‘The Hunger Games’ takes place more than 60 years before the events of ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,’ which is situated in the same universe. As a result, Rachel Zegler will play Lucy Gray in place of Jennifer Lawrence, who will no longer play Katniss Everdeen. Tom Blythe will take on the role of Coriolanus “Coryo” Snow.

In “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis join Zegler and Blyth.

The film is based on Suzanne Collins’ 2020 book of the same name, which she wrote in addition to the original ‘Hunger Games’ book trilogy. On November 17, 2023, “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” will have its theatrical debut.