“You wanna give something to the fans and you wanna keep them really interested. So, in her corset, I had it all hand-painted with katniss and primrose flowers, and snakes,” costume designer Trish Summerville told Variety. “So it kind of gives a nod to Katniss and Primrose in the other books and the other films.”
“I don’t love your odds, but may they be in your favour.”
One line in the new prequel may stand out to fans of the original Hunger Games movies. You may remember that Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) had a famous catchphrase: “May the odds be ever in your favour.”
While this quippy phrase hasn’t quite taken shape by the 10th annual Hunger Games, host Lucky Flickerman does tell Lucy, “I don’t love your odds, but may they be in your favour.” It’s a subtle nod to Effie’s famous line that will come 64 years later, and we are here for it.
Tigris’ backstory
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In the original Hunger Games trilogy, we meet Tigris as a tattooed double agent who helps Katniss and her fellow rebels by feeding them information from the Capital. In the prequel, we learn a lot more about her: she is, it turns out, President Snow’s older cousin. Throughout the prequel, we see Tigris work with Snow — however, by the end, it seems that her allegiances have shifted. By the end of the film, it’s clear that Tigris has seen Snow’s dark side — and she doesn’t like it. No wonder she later played such a big part in his downfall.
Flickerman, Crane and Heavensbee
While Snow and Tigris may be some of the only familiar characters who appear in the prequel, there are plenty of family names you may recognise from the original series.