The Hunger Games franchise is back in the headlines with the announcement of its new prequel, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is set to hit screens in November 2023. Due to its success in the first decade of the 21st century, the possibility of a full reboot of the franchise is not at all far-fetched. To answer the question of who should play the characters of Katniss and Peeta in this hypothetical remake, ChatGPT was consulted. Stable Diffusion was used to test these proposed actors selected by the OpenAI tool, and their results have been quite unexpected.
ChatGPT was asked to suggest the perfect cast for The Hunger Games series; this would include the roles of main characters, such as Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne, Haymitch Abernathy, Finnick Odair, Effie Trinket, Coriolanus Snow, Caesar Flickerman, Plutarch Heavensbee, and Johanna Mason. Here are the casting choices that ChatGPT suggested:
Katniss Everdeen: Daisy Ridley
Peeta Mellark: Zac Efron
Gale Hawthorne: Chris Pine
Haymitch Abernathy: Kit Harington
Finnick Odair: Timothee Chalamet
Effie Trinket: Olivia Coleman
Coriolanus Snow: Robert Downey Jr.
Caesar Flickerman: Ryan Reynolds
Plutarch Heavensbee: Eddie Redmayne
Johanna Mason: Saoirse Ronan
With Stable Diffusion, the characters created by OpenAI were put to the test to see what they would look like in the proposed roles. The result varied between creepy to surreal; the perfect casting suggested by ChatGPT, similar to those proposed for the remakes of The Avengers, Game of Thrones and Star Wars movies, is quite contentious.
The experts at Softonic believe if The Hunger Games is to be remade, they should consider finding some fresh talent to take on the leading roles of Katniss, Peeta, and the rest of the characters. Furthermore, if a potential remake of The Hunger Games series were to become reality, Softonic would be eager to see the outcomes that this exciting ensemble of actors could bring to the world of Suzanne Collins’ ventures.
