Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird ( Rachel Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, the 18-year-old is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a postwar Capitol. This includes Tony Award nominee Fionnula Flanagan, who’ll play Grandma’am, young Coriolanus Snow’s ( Tom Blyth) strict grandmother. ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes’ Rounds Out Cast With Fionnula Flanagan, 10 OthersĮxclusive: The Francis Lawrence-directed feature adaptation of the Suzanne Collins prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has added 11 actors in its final casting round. He’s self-indulgent and allergic to work, but what famous artist isn’t?
So why does she pull her punches here? Dalí is a more sympathetic character than either Manson or Andy Warhol, for starters - as low of a bar as that may be to clear. (It all comes down to power in the end.) Harron has fearlessly explored similar territory in the past with films like “ Charlie Says,” about the woman of Charles Manson’s “family,” and “I Shot Andy Warhol,” based on the life of “Scum Manifesto” author Valerie Solanas.
On paper, Mary Harron was the ideal director for “ Dalíland.” Set in the bohemian underground of Manhattan circa 1974, the film takes the kinky, codependent marriage between Salvador Dalí ( Ben Kingsley) and his wife/business manager/mother figure/financial dominatrix Gala ( Barbara Sukowa) and uses it as a case study for a larger deconstruction of gender, fame, wealth, and power.
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